Sekirov Dictionary

ditch

/dɪt͡ʃ/

verb 6
noun 2
forms 3
phrases 4

verb6

•
to quickly drop a thing, a plan or a person and have nothing more to do with them
- Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
- Why did you ditch your last boyfriend? He was so nice to you.
•
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.
•
To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
- When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.
•
To throw into a ditch.
- The engine was ditched and turned on its side.
•
To dig ditches.
- Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.
•
To dig ditches around.
- The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.

noun2

•
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.
- The truck careered off the road into a ditch.
•
(Ireland) A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
- You flung a ditch on my vision Of beauty, love and truth. O stony grey soil of Monaghan You burgled my bank of youth! — 1947

forms

ditched · ditching · ditches

Phrases with ditch

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