Definizione monolingua

ditch

ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched)

1. (transitive) To discard or abandon.

   Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.

2. (intransitive) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.

   When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores.

3. (intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

   The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.

4. (intransitive) To dig ditches.

   Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching.

5. (transitive) To dig ditches around.

   The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.

ditch (plural ditches)

1. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

   Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.

Definizione dizionario ditch

	fossato
	trench
	A long, narrow excavation artificially dug in the ground; especially an open and usually unpaved waterway, channel, or trench for conveying water for drainage or irrigation, and usually smaller than a canal. Some ditches may be natural watercourses.

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Altri significati:

to dig ditches

to crash-land on the sea

to abandon

(intransitive) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.

to play hookey

(intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

(transitive) To dig ditches around.

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

(transitive) To discard or abandon.

(intransitive) To dig ditches.