Ditch Definition

dĭch

ditched, ditches, ditching

noun

ditches

A long, narrow channel dug into the earth, as a trough for drainage or irrigation.

Webster's New World

Alternative form of deech.

Wiktionary

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verb

ditched, ditches, ditching

To border with a ditch.

Webster's New World

To make a ditch or ditches in.

Webster's New World

To ditch a disabled plane.

Webster's New World

To surround with a long narrow trench or furrow.

American Heritage

To cause (a car, wagon, etc.) to go into a ditch.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Ditch

Singular:

ditch

Plural:

From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ ‘trench, moat’, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (cf. Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk ‘dam’, Dutch dijk ‘id.’, German Teich ‘pond’), from Proto-Indo-European *dheigʷ ‘to stick, set up’ (cf. Latin fīgō ‘to affix, fasten’, Lithuanian diegti ‘to prick; plant’, dýgsti ‘to geminate, grow’). Doublet of dike.

From Wiktionary
From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan (“to smear, plaster, daub”). More at deech.

From Wiktionary
Middle English dich from Old English dīc dhīgw- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition