ditch

Signification

Noun

1. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
2. A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.

Verb

1. To discard or abandon.
2. To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
3. To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
4. To dig ditches.
5. To dig ditches around.
6. To throw into a ditch.

Verb

Alternative form of deech

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪt͡ʃ/

Étymologie

From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk (“dam”), Dutch dijk (“dam”), German Teich (“pond”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) (compare Latin fīgō (“to affix, fasten”), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”)). Doublet of dike.