ditch

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪtʃ === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== ditch (plural ditches) A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. (Ireland) A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== fosse moat The Ditch rhubarb ==== Verb ==== ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched) (transitive) To discard or abandon. (ambitransitive, aviation) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water. (ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey. (intransitive) To dig ditches. (transitive) To dig ditches around. (transitive) To throw into a ditch. ===== Synonyms ===== abandon discard dump jettison lose shed See also Thesaurus:junk ===== Derived terms ===== ditchable ditch out ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan (“to smear, plaster, daub”). More at deech. ==== Verb ==== ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched) Alternative form of deech. ==== Noun ==== ditch (usually uncountable, plural ditches) Alternative form of deech.