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ditch / dich/ • n. a narrow channel dug in the ground, typically used for drainage alongside a road or the edge of a field. • v. [tr.] 1. provide with ditches: he was praised for ditching the coastal areas. ∎ [intr.] make or repair ditches: [as n.] (ditching) they would have to pay for hedging and ditching. 2. inf. get rid of; give up: it crossed her mind to ditch her shoes and run | plans for the road were ditched following a public inquiry. ∎ inf. end a relationship with (someone) peremptorily; abandon: she ditched her husband to marry the window cleaner. ∎ inf. be truant from (school or another obligation): maybe she could ditch school and run away. 3. inf. bring (an aircraft) down on water in an emergency: he was picked up by a frigate after ditching his plane in the Mediterranean. ∎ [intr.] (of an aircraft) make a forced landing on water: the aircraft was obliged to ditch in the sea off the North African coast. ∎ derail (a train). DERIVATIVES: ditch·er n. |
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"ditch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ditch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ditch.html "ditch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ditch.html |
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ditch long narrow excavation OE.; (dial.) embankment, dike XVI. OE. dīċ, corr. to OS. dīk (Du. dijk), MHG. tīch (G. teich pond, pool), ON. díki ditch, DIKE; of unkn. orig.
Hence ditch vb. surround with a ditch, dig ditches in XIV; (orig. U.S.) throw into a ditch XIX; not repr. OE. dīcian dig, make an embankment. |
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T. F. HOAD. "ditch." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "ditch." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-ditch.html T. F. HOAD. "ditch." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-ditch.html |
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ditch. See dike.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "ditch." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "ditch." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-ditch.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "ditch." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-ditch.html |
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ditch
•bewitch, bitch, ditch, enrich, fitch, flitch, glitch, hitch, itch, kitsch, Mitch, pitch, quitch, rich, snitch, stitch, switch, titch, twitch, which, witch
•Redditch • Greenwich • eldritch
•ostrich • backstitch • hemstitch
•topstitch • Shostakovich • tsarevich
•Sandwich
•dipswitch, Ipswich
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"ditch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ditch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-ditch.html "ditch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-ditch.html |
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