ditch

noun

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

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

Alternative form of deech. [(UK dialectal, Northern England) Dirt (or grime) ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc.]

(Anglo-Indian, slang, derogatory, obsolete) The city of Calcutta.

verb

(transitive) To discard or abandon.

(ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

(ambitransitive, aviation) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.

(transitive) To dig ditches around.

(intransitive) To dig ditches.

(transitive) To throw into a ditch.

Alternative form of deech. [(transitive) To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.]

Synonyms for ditch

trenchn dumpv moatn fossen embankmentn gullyn ravinen canaln diken guttern buryv entrenchmentn leveen

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