Lexic.us

Definition of Ditch

1. Noun. A long narrow excavation in the earth.

2. Verb. Forsake. "Ditch a lover"

3. Noun. Any small natural waterway.

4. Verb. Throw away. "Chuck these old notes"

5. Verb. Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly. "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"

6. Verb. Make an emergency landing on water.

7. Verb. Crash or crash-land. "Ditch a plane"

8. Verb. Cut a trench in, as for drainage. "Trench the fields"

Definition of Ditch

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

3. v. i. To dig a ditch or ditches.

Definition of Ditch

1. Verb. (alternative form of deech) ¹

2. Noun. (alternative form of deech) ¹

3. Noun. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To discard or abandon. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To dig ditches. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To dig ditches around. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ditch

1. to dig a long, narrow excavation in the ground [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ditch

disynaptically disyndiotactic disyoke disyoked disyokes disyoking dit dita dita bark ditactic

dital ditalini ditals ditas ditation ditch (current term) ditch day ditch digger ditch fern ditch reed

ditch spade ditchdigger ditchdiggers ditched ditcher ditchers ditches ditching ditchlike ditchmoss

Literary usage of Ditch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Svrvay of London: Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne by John Stow (1890)
"One half of the Tower, the ditch on the west side, and bulwarks adjoining, ... From and without the Tower ditch, west and by north, is the said Tower Hill, ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"I found these two bottles, and this jug is the one I found in the ditch. ... Is there a ditch that runs sorter catty - cornered from Nathan's house? ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"and are maintaining and jointly own a water ditch which diverts a portion of the said waters of the said Kort Canyon creek on the west side of said creek ..."

4. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"the ditch, though with difficulty and by a violent effort ; for ice had frozen over it, not strong enough to allow of their walking on it, but rather watery ..."

5. Water Rights in the Western States: The Law of Appropriation of Water as by Samuel Charles Wiel (1905)
"The ditch, etc., is an Easement.—That a ditch is an easement has been frequently declared.64 The essence of the right to a ditch is the right of way to ..."

6. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"water-course as they have to order any such ditch, drain, or water-course to be located ... For the purpose of keeping any ditch open and in good repair, ..."

Other Resources: