ditch

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

• Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.
• The truck careered off the road into a ditch.

A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.Ireland

• You flung a ditch on my vision Of beauty, love and truth. O stony grey soil of Monaghan You burgled my bank of youth!

To discard or abandon; to stop associating with (someone).transitive

• Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
• Why did you ditch your last boyfriend? He was so nice to you.

To discard or abandon; to stop associating with (someone).; To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.ambitransitivetransitive

• When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.

To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.ambitransitive

• The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.

To dig ditches.intransitive

• Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.

To dig ditches.; To dig ditches around.intransitivetransitive

• The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.

To throw into a ditch.transitive

• The engine was ditched and turned on its side.

Alternative form of deech.alt-ofalternative

Alternative form of deech.alt-ofalternativeuncountable