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English Dictionary: ditch	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for ditch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ditch n a long narrow excavation in the earth any small natural waterway v forsake; "ditch a lover" throw away; "Chuck these old notes" Synonym(s): chuck, ditch sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man" Synonym(s): dump, ditch make an emergency landing on water crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane" cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields" Synonym(s): trench, ditch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stonecrop \Stone"crop`\, n. [AS. st[be]ncropp.] 1. A sort of tree. [Obs.] --Mortimer. 2. (Bot.) Any low succulent plant of the genus {Sedum}, esp. {Sedum acre}, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See {Orpine}. {Virginian}, [or] {Ditch}, {stonecrop}, an American plant ({Penthorum sedoides}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See {Dike}.] 1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a {moat} or a {fosse}. 2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ditch \Ditch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ditched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ditching}.] 1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land. 2. To surround with a ditch. --Shak. 3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ditch \Ditch\, v. i. To dig a ditch or ditches. --Swift.