DITCH

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.

2.
n.

Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.

3.
v.

To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

4.
v.

To surround with a ditch. Shak.

5.
v.

To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.

6.
v.

To dig a ditch or ditches. Swift.

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