ditch
ditch is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
- transitive verb. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
- transitive verb. To surround with a ditch.
- transitive verb. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
- intransitive verb. To dig a ditch or ditches.
- noun. a long narrow excavation in the earth
- noun. any small natural waterway
- verb. cut a trench in, as for drainage
"ditch the land to drain it"
"trench the fields"
- verb. crash or crash-land
"ditch a car"
"ditch a plane"
- verb. make an emergency landing on water
- verb. sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
"The company dumped him after many years of service"
"She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
- verb. throw away
"Chuck these old notes"
- verb. forsake
"ditch a lover"
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ditch:
Common word forms
ditched, ditcher, ditches, ditching, ditchless
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