Ditch

·vt To surround with a ditch.

II. Ditch ·vi To dig a ditch or ditches.

III. Ditch ·noun Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.

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

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

VI. Ditch ·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.