Ditch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
  2. any open passage or trench, as a natural channel or waterway.
verb (used with object)
  1. to dig a ditch or ditches in or around.
  2. to derail (a train) or drive or force (an automobile, bus, etc.) into a ditch.
  3. to crash-land on water and abandon (an airplane).
  4. Slang.
    • to get rid of: I ditched that old hat of yours.
    • to escape from: He ditched the cops by driving down an alley.
    • to absent oneself from (school or a class) without permission or an acceptable reason.
verb (used without object)
  1. to dig a ditch.
  2. (of an aircraft or its crew) to crash-land in water and abandon the sinking aircraft.
  3. to be truant; play hooky.
noun
  1. a narrow channel dug in the earth, usually used for drainage, irrigation, or as a boundary marker
  2. any small, natural waterway
  3. a bank made of earth excavated from and placed alongside a drain or stream
  4. either of the gutters at the side of a tenpin bowling lane
  5. a last resort or place of last defence
verb
  1. to make a ditch or ditches in (a piece of ground)
  2. to edge with a ditch
  3. to crash or be crashed, esp deliberately, as to avoid more unpleasant circumstances
  4. to abandon or discard
  5. to land (an aircraft) on water in an emergency
  6. to evade
noun NZ
  1. an informal name for the Tasman Sea
Ditch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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