: a long narrow excavation dug in the earth (as for drainage)
ditched; ditching; ditches
1
a
: to surround with a long narrow cavity in the earth : to enclose with a ditch (see ditch entry 1)
The pasture was hedged and ditched.
b
: to dig a ditch in
2
aviation
: to make a forced landing of (an airplane) on water
successfully ditched the plane
Synonyms
Examples of ditch in a Sentence
Noun
He drove the car into the ditch.
after skidding on the ice, our car went right into the ditch
Verb
The thief ditched the purse in an alley.
They ditched the car in a vacant lot.
They ditched me at the concert.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Bucks use water as a barrier, think deep drainage ditches, creeks, streams, and rivers.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2024
Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
The impasse left thousands of former public employees scrambling to determine whether to ditch the health insurer or risk not being allowed back to visit doctors, specialists and medical teams that some seniors have been seeing for years, if not decades.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
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Noun
But there was also a three-hour standstill in traffic caused by a tractor trailer that had driven into a ditch on a road that usually does not permit vehicles so big, but made an exception because that was the only way into or out of the area in the wake of the storm.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Bucks use water as a barrier, think deep drainage ditches, creeks, streams, and rivers.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2024
Verb
Netflix ditched its $9.99 Basic ad-free tier this year, forcing people to choose between the $6.99 or $15.49 tier.
—Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
The impasse left thousands of former public employees scrambling to determine whether to ditch the health insurer or risk not being allowed back to visit doctors, specialists and medical teams that some seniors have been seeing for years, if not decades.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Ditch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ditch. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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