ditch /dich/

1. A trench dug in the ground for drainage or irrigation, or to serve to mark a boundary
2. Any long narrow depression carrying water
3. The border of a bowling green
4. The sea (slang)

1. To make, repair or clean a ditch or ditches
2. (of an aircraft or pilot) to come down in the sea (informal)

1. To dig a ditch in or around
2. To drain by ditches
3. To throw, or drive, into a ditch
4. To crash (a vehicle) deliberately
5. To abandon, or get rid of (slang)
6. To escape from or leave (a person) in the lurch (slang)
7. To derail (US)
8. To bring (an aircraft) down in the sea (informal)

ditchˈer noun

A person or machine that makes, cleans or repairs ditches

ditchˈ-dog noun (Shakespeare)

A dead dog rotting in a ditch

ditchˈwater noun

Stagnant foul water such as is found in ditches, proverbially dull

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