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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.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 14 senses

Definitions

  1. 1noun

    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. 2noun

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

  3. 3transitive verb

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

  4. 4transitive verb

    To surround with a ditch.

  5. 5transitive verb

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

  6. 6intransitive verb

    To dig a ditch or ditches.

  7. 7noun

    a long narrow excavation in the earth

  8. 8noun

    any small natural waterway

  9. 9verb

    cut a trench in, as for drainage

    "ditch the land to drain it"

    "trench the fields"

    Synonyms

    trench
  10. 10verb

    crash or crash-land

    "ditch a car"

    "ditch a plane"

  11. 11verb

    make an emergency landing on water

  12. 12verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    dump
  13. 13verb

    throw away

    "Chuck these old notes"

    Synonyms

    chuck
  14. 14verb

    forsake

    "ditch a lover"

Synonyms

trenchdumpchuck

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ditch:

dicht

Common word forms

ditchedditcherditchesditchingditchless

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