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Ditch
Definitions
- 1 The city of Calcutta. derogatory, obsolete, slang
- 1 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."
- 2 Alternative form of deech. alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
- 3 a long narrow excavation in the earth wordnet
- 4 A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top. Ireland
"You flung a ditch on my vision Of beauty, love and truth. O stony grey soil of Monaghan You burgled my bank of youth!"
- 5 any small natural waterway wordnet
- 1 To discard or abandon. transitive
"Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire."
- 2 Alternative form of deech. alt-of, alternative
- 3 cut a trench in, as for drainage wordnet
- 4 To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water. ambitransitive
"When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores."
- 5 crash or crash-land wordnet
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- 6 To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey. ambitransitive
"The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine."
- 7 make an emergency landing on water wordnet
- 8 To dig ditches. intransitive
"Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching."
- 9 sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly wordnet
- 10 To dig ditches around. transitive
"The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding."
- 11 throw away wordnet
- 12 To throw into a ditch. transitive
"The engine was ditched and turned on its side."
- 13 forsake wordnet
Etymology
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 (“dam”), German Teich (“pond”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) (compare Latin fīgō (“to affix, fasten”), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”)). Doublet of dike.
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 (“dam”), German Teich (“pond”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) (compare Latin fīgō (“to affix, fasten”), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”)). Doublet of dike.
From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan (“to smear, plaster, daub”). More at deech.
From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan (“to smear, plaster, daub”). More at deech.
In reference to the Maratha Ditch.
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