'Ditch' definitions:
Definition of 'ditch'
(from WordNet)
noun
A long narrow excavation in the earth
noun
Any small natural waterway
verb
Forsake; "ditch a lover"
verb
Throw away; "Chuck these old notes" [syn: chuck, ditch]
verb
Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man" [syn: dump, ditch]
verb
Make an emergency landing on water
verb
Crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
verb
Cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields" [syn: trench, ditch]
Definition of 'Ditch'
From: GCIDE
- Ditch \Ditch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ditched; p. pr. & vb. n. Ditching.]
- 1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To surround with a ditch. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ditch'
From: GCIDE
- Ditch \Ditch\, v. i. To dig a ditch or ditches. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ditch'
From: GCIDE
- Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. Ditches. [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See Dike.]
- 1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ditch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abri,
- abysm,
- abyss,
- adit,
- alight,
- approach trench,
- aqueduct,
- arch dam,
- arroyo,
- backstop,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrage,
- barrier,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- beg,
- boom,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- bunker,
- bury,
- cache,
- canal,
- canalization,
- canalize,
- canyon,
- carve,
- cashier,
- cast,
- cast aside,
- cast away,
- cast off,
- cavity,
- chamfer,
- channel,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- chisel,
- chuck,
- circumvent,
- cleave,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- cofferdam,
- col,
- come down,
- come in,
- communication trench,
- conceal,
- conduit,
- corrugate,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- countermine,
- coupure,
- course,
- cover,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crash-land,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- crimp,
- cut,
- cut apart,
- cwm,
- dado,
- dam,
- deep-six,
- defense,
- defile,
- dell,
- descend,
- dike,
- discard,
- dispose of,
- ditch,
- donga,
- double,
- double sap,
- downwind,
- draw,
- duct,
- dugout,
- dump,
- earthwork,
- egress,
- eighty-six,
- eliminate,
- elude,
- embankment,
- engrave,
- ensconce,
- entrance,
- entrenchment,
- escape,
- evade,
- excavation,
- exit,
- fault,
- fence,
- fire trench,
- fissure,
- flaw,
- flume,
- flute,
- flying sap,
- fortified tunnel,
- fosse,
- foxhole,
- fracture,
- furrow,
- gallery,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- gate,
- get around,
- get away from,
- get out of,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- give away,
- goffer,
- gorge,
- gouge,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- groove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- gutter,
- ha-ha,
- hide,
- hole,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- incise,
- incision,
- ingress,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jettison,
- jetty,
- jilt,
- joint,
- junk,
- kennel,
- kloof,
- land,
- leak,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- level off,
- light,
- logjam,
- milldam,
- mine,
- moat,
- mole,
- mound,
- notch,
- nullah,
- occult,
- open,
- opening,
- overshoot,
- pancake,
- parallel,
- parapet,
- part with,
- pass,
- passage,
- passageway,
- pleat,
- plow,
- portcullis,
- rabbet,
- rampart,
- ravine,
- reject,
- remove,
- rent,
- rifle,
- rift,
- rime,
- rive,
- roadblock,
- rock-fill dam,
- rupture,
- rut,
- sap,
- scissure,
- score,
- scrap,
- scratch,
- screen,
- seam,
- seawall,
- secrete,
- settle down,
- shake,
- shake off,
- shuffle out of,
- shutter dam,
- skirt,
- slit,
- slit trench,
- slot,
- slough,
- split,
- stone wall,
- streak,
- striate,
- sunk fence,
- talk down,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- toss overboard,
- touch down,
- trench,
- trough,
- troughing,
- troughway,
- tunnel,
- upwind,
- valley,
- void,
- wadi,
- wall,
- way,
- weir,
- wicket dam,
- work,
- wrinkle