: a long narrow excavation dug in the earth (as for drainage)
ditched; ditching; ditches
1
a
: to surround with a long narrow cavity in the earth : to enclose with a ditch (see ditch entry 1)
The pasture was hedged and ditched.
b
: to dig a ditch in
2
aviation
: to make a forced landing of (an airplane) on water
successfully ditched the plane
Examples of ditch in a Sentence
Noun
He drove the car into the ditch.
after skidding on the ice, our car went right into the ditch
Verb
The thief ditched the purse in an alley.
They ditched the car in a vacant lot.
They ditched me at the concert.
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Tom Cherveny, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and cover your head, or leave your vehicle and seek refuge in a low-lying area like a ditch or ravine.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Because Tupac lived closer to Dunbar than Gault, the two would ditch campus, take the bus to Greenmount Avenue, sit on the front porch, and smoke weed.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
According to a search warrant application filed after the crash, first responders located several beer cans in the ditch where the fire truck rolled.
—Tom Cherveny, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and cover your head, or leave your vehicle and seek refuge in a low-lying area like a ditch or ravine.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
In the second quarter of this year, Spectrum reported a loss of 80,000 cable customers due to cord-cutting, a significant decline from the same period in 2024, when 408,000 homes ditched cable.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Because Tupac lived closer to Dunbar than Gault, the two would ditch campus, take the bus to Greenmount Avenue, sit on the front porch, and smoke weed.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Ditch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ditch. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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