: 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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Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
During the dig, students found numerous artifacts from the 19th century, including clay pipe fragments, a possible half-penny from the Glorious Revolution and a 17th-century ditch built to protect the castle while it was being built.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
For many people, the problem is that the value proposition is unclear; the metaverse simply doesn’t yet deliver a must-have reason to ditch their phone or laptop.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
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Noun
After ringing the doorbell, the bear turns around and walks off the porch, completing its slow-moving ding-dong ditch effort.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
During the dig, students found numerous artifacts from the 19th century, including clay pipe fragments, a possible half-penny from the Glorious Revolution and a 17th-century ditch built to protect the castle while it was being built.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Verb
Amanda Seyfried has no regrets about ditching Hollywood for a peaceful life in her 1930s farmhouse on the East Coast.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
For many people, the problem is that the value proposition is unclear; the metaverse simply doesn’t yet deliver a must-have reason to ditch their phone or laptop.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ditch
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“Ditch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ditch. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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