ditch
/dɪtʃ/ · noun
Meaning
- A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
- To discard or abandon.
- To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
- To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
- To dig ditches.
- To dig ditches around.
- To throw into a ditch.
- Dirt ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc.
- To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.
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