ditch

Meanings

Noun

• A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
• A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
• Alternative of deech

Verb

• To discard or abandon.
• To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
• To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
• To dig ditches.
• To dig ditches around.
• To throw into a ditch.
• Alternative of deech

Related

Similar words

• abandon
• discard
• dump
• jettison
• lose
• shed

Origin

• From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ ("trench, moat") from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk ("dam"), Dutch dijk ("id."), German Teich ("pond")), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- ("to stick, set up") (compare Latin fīgō ("to affix, fasten"), Lithuanian diegti ("to prick; plant"), dýgsti). Doublet of dike.
• From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan ("to smear, plaster, daub"). More at deech.