ditch
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Is ditch a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (Ireland) A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.Examples: "You flung a ditch on my vision Of beauty, love and truth. O stony grey soil of Monaghan You burgled my bank of youth!"; "The original ditches were created by digging trenches, as boundaries and/or irrigation. But to the English, the ditch is the trench. Whereas in Ireland, the ditch is the raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top. (As for the trench, where I come from that’s a sheugh)."Ireland
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To discard or abandon.Examples: "Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire."; "Why did you ditch your last boyfriend? He was so nice to you."transitive
2. (ambitransitive, aviation) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.Examples: "When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores."ambitransitive
3. (ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.Examples: "The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine."; ""No, instead, it just had enough power to transform me, overload, and force me to wait to change back! I had to ditch school!""ambitransitive
4. (intransitive) To dig ditches.Examples: "Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching."intransitive
5. (transitive) To dig ditches around.Examples: "The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding."transitive
6. (transitive) To throw into a ditch.Examples: "The engine was ditched and turned on its side."transitive
name (English)
1. (Anglo-Indian, slang, derogatory, obsolete) The city of Calcutta.derogatoryobsoleteslang
Definition source: Wiktionary