Ditch Definition

dĭch
ditched, ditches, ditching
noun
ditches
A long, narrow channel dug into the earth, as a trough for drainage or irrigation.
Webster's New World

Alternative form of deech.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
ditched, ditches, ditching
To border with a ditch.
Webster's New World
To make a ditch or ditches in.
Webster's New World
To ditch a disabled plane.
Webster's New World
To surround with a long narrow trench or furrow.
American Heritage
To cause (a car, wagon, etc.) to go into a ditch.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Ditch

Noun

Singular:
ditch
Plural:
ditches

Origin of Ditch

  • From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ ‘trench, moat’, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (cf. Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk ‘dam’, Dutch dijk ‘id.’, German Teich ‘pond’), from Proto-Indo-European *dheigʷ ‘to stick, set up’ (cf. Latin fīgō ‘to affix, fasten’, Lithuanian diegti ‘to prick; plant’, dýgsti ‘to geminate, grow’). Doublet of dike.

    From Wiktionary

  • From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan (“to smear, plaster, daub”). More at deech.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English dich from Old English dīc dhīgw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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