ditch
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[edit] Etymology
Old English dīċ. Akin to Middle High German tīch (“‘pond’”) (German Teich) and probably also to Greek τιφος (“‘swamp’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /dɪtʃ/
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- Rhymes: -ɪtʃ
[edit] Noun
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ditch (plural ditches)
- 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.
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "ditch"
[edit] Translations
trench
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[edit] See also
[edit] Verb
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to ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched)
- (transitive) To discard or abandon.
- Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
- (intransitive) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.
- When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.
- (intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
- The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
- (intransitive) To dig ditches.
- Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
- (transitive) To dig ditches around.
- The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
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[edit] Translations
to abandon
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to crash-land on the sea
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to play hookey
to dig ditches
