DITCH
What does "DITCH" mean?
A long narrow channel dug into the ground to hold or drain water.
Meanings
- A narrow trench dug in the earth, typically to carry away or hold water beside a road or field. Rainwater ran off the road and pooled in the ditch.
- To abandon, discard, or get rid of someone or something. She ditched her old phone the moment the new one arrived. informal
- To deliberately skip a class, event, or obligation. They ditched the lecture to catch the early matinee. informal
- To bring an aircraft down onto water in an emergency landing. The pilot ditched the plane in the river and everyone survived. technical
Did you know?
- 'Ditch' and 'dike' are the same Old English word, 'dīc', split in two: dig a trench and you get a ditch, then pile the spoil alongside and you get a dike.
Word origin
From Old English 'dīc' ('trench, moat'), the same root that gave us 'dike'; a ditch is the hole and a dike is the bank thrown up beside it.
Remember it
To DITCH a plan is to dig a DITCH between you and it - both leave you on the far side.
A little poem
The road kept going; the rain did not-
it lay down in the ditch and forgot.
couplet
Wordplay
- The pilot's emergency plan and her ex-boyfriend got the same treatment: she ditched them both in water.
What it teaches
The same channel that drains a field can swallow a careless step - utility and hazard share one shape.
Quick facts
What does DITCH mean?
A long narrow channel dug into the ground to hold or drain water.
Is DITCH a valid word?
Yes — DITCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DITCH?
DITCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DITCH come from?
From Old English 'dīc' ('trench, moat'), the same root that gave us 'dike'; a ditch is the hole and a dike is the bank thrown up beside it.
What can DITCH teach us?
The same channel that drains a field can swallow a careless step - utility and hazard share one shape.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.