Ditch
noun
A narrow channel dug in the ground, usually used for drainage or to mark a boundary.
The rainwater flowed into the ditch by the side of the road.
Often appears as...
- dig a ditch
- jump across a ditch
verb
To get rid of or abandon something or someone.
He ditched his old clothes after he got a new job.
Often appears as...
- ditch the idea
- ditch a friend
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Disapproving
verb
To land an aircraft on water in an emergency.
The pilot had to ditch the plane in the river.
Often appears as...
- ditch a plane
- ditch a helicopter
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Technical
noun
A narrow channel dug in the ground, usually used for drainage or to mark a boundary.
The rainwater flowed into the ditch by the side of the road.
Often appears as...
- dig a ditch
- jump across a ditch
verb
To get rid of or abandon something or someone.
He ditched his old clothes after he got a new job.
Often appears as...
- ditch the idea
- ditch a friend
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To land an aircraft on water in an emergency.
The pilot had to ditch the plane in the river.
Often appears as...
- ditch a plane
- ditch a helicopter
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Feature
Refers to actual ground formations—not metaphorical or abstract.
The workers excavated a ditch for the new pipeline.
Pro Tip 2/3Man-made Structures
Emphasizes that ditches are typically created by people for specific purposes.
Farmers dug irrigation ditches to water their crops.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Containment
Unlike cups or boxes, ditches contain things temporarily like excess water.
The ditch along the path should prevent flooding during the storm.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Feature
Refers to actual ground formations—not metaphorical or abstract.
The workers excavated a ditch for the new pipeline.
Pro Tip 2/3Man-made Structures
Emphasizes that ditches are typically created by people for specific purposes.
Farmers dug irrigation ditches to water their crops.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Containment
Unlike cups or boxes, ditches contain things temporarily like excess water.
The ditch along the path should prevent flooding during the storm.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Feature
Refers to actual ground formations—not metaphorical or abstract.
The workers excavated a ditch for the new pipeline.
Pro Tip 2/3Man-made Structures
Emphasizes that ditches are typically created by people for specific purposes.
Farmers dug irrigation ditches to water their crops.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Containment
Unlike cups or boxes, ditches contain things temporarily like excess water.
The ditch along the path should prevent flooding during the storm.
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A garden in my apartment...
So she expresses here what it's like to see someone halfway across the world having taken your idea, built upon it and then acknowledging you for contributing. If we really want to see the kind of wide consumer behavior change that we're all talking about as environmentalists and food people, maybe we just need to ditch the term "consumer"
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Agile programming -- for...
is we have to let our children succeed on their own terms and yes on occasion fail on their own terms I was talking to Warren Buffett's banker and he was chiding me for a lot letting my children make mistakes with their allowance and I said but what if they drive into a ditch he said it's much better to drive into a ditch with a six
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Why Having Fun Is the...
of responsible adulthood, and giving yourself permission to get a kick out of your own life. One person told me that some of the most fun she'd had in recent memory, happened on a Friday morning, when she and some of her friends ditched their work and their childcare responsibilities, tucked flasks into their purses
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Saving Water Voles From...
waterfall population if you get a female mink in the ditch system where they are despite their relatively small size water voles are an important species of freshwater systems as they create micro habitats for other species they create burrow systems in the sides of river banks
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For more wonder, rewild...
it means blocking the drainage ditches, it means preventing commercial fishing in some large areas of sea, but otherwise stepping back. It has no view as to what a right ecosystem or a right assemblage of species looks like. It doesn't try to produce a heath or a meadow
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Wild Beavers Return...
isn't it it is totally rescuing the landscape you know in victorian times pretty much across the country headwaters like this were straightened up put into into deep ditches drainage networks were set up so that any rain which got away from here as fast as
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
ditch into the field and then it you know evenly moves across the field and irrigates efficiently the way we achieve that is laser leveling our fields and even doing laser leveling in between crops so that helps us be very efficient with our irrigation
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Let's end ageism PIPE...
It is high time to ditch the old-young binary, too. There is no line in the sand between old and young, after which it's all downhill. And the longer we wait to challenge that idea, the more damage it does to ourselves and our place in the world,
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Here, Cutting Down...
people store more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet so for that they are very important for the global climate regulation the peatland should not have trees on them the trees and the drainage ditches that have been
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The science of...
and law not quality we ditch our friends when we fall in love and we ignore them when we're busy with work and family on the other hand when we're with our friends we often treat them with more respect than we do our relatives and
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A garden in my apartment...
So she expresses here what it's like to see someone halfway across the world having taken your idea, built upon it and then acknowledging you for contributing. If we really want to see the kind of wide consumer behavior change that we're all talking about as environmentalists and food people, maybe we just need to ditch the term "consumer"
Video examples
Agile programming -- for...
is we have to let our children succeed on their own terms and yes on occasion fail on their own terms I was talking to Warren Buffett's banker and he was chiding me for a lot letting my children make mistakes with their allowance and I said but what if they drive into a ditch he said it's much better to drive into a ditch with a six
Video examples
Why Having Fun Is the...
of responsible adulthood, and giving yourself permission to get a kick out of your own life. One person told me that some of the most fun she'd had in recent memory, happened on a Friday morning, when she and some of her friends ditched their work and their childcare responsibilities, tucked flasks into their purses
Video examples
Saving Water Voles From...
waterfall population if you get a female mink in the ditch system where they are despite their relatively small size water voles are an important species of freshwater systems as they create micro habitats for other species they create burrow systems in the sides of river banks
Video examples
For more wonder, rewild...
it means blocking the drainage ditches, it means preventing commercial fishing in some large areas of sea, but otherwise stepping back. It has no view as to what a right ecosystem or a right assemblage of species looks like. It doesn't try to produce a heath or a meadow
Video examples
Wild Beavers Return...
isn't it it is totally rescuing the landscape you know in victorian times pretty much across the country headwaters like this were straightened up put into into deep ditches drainage networks were set up so that any rain which got away from here as fast as
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
ditch into the field and then it you know evenly moves across the field and irrigates efficiently the way we achieve that is laser leveling our fields and even doing laser leveling in between crops so that helps us be very efficient with our irrigation
Video examples
Let's end ageism PIPE...
It is high time to ditch the old-young binary, too. There is no line in the sand between old and young, after which it's all downhill. And the longer we wait to challenge that idea, the more damage it does to ourselves and our place in the world,
Video examples
Here, Cutting Down...
people store more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet so for that they are very important for the global climate regulation the peatland should not have trees on them the trees and the drainage ditches that have been
Video examples
The science of...
and law not quality we ditch our friends when we fall in love and we ignore them when we're busy with work and family on the other hand when we're with our friends we often treat them with more respect than we do our relatives and
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Joe Wicks
British Author
My top tips for deep sleep are to switch off your laptop and mobile at least 30 minutes before bed and leave them in another room. Ditch the bedroom TV; listen to music instead. Get a comfortable eye mask. It takes getting used to, but trust me, it will allow you to sleep deeper and longer.
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Ty Burrell
American Actor
The world can make an actor feel overly important. What I do isn't hard work. It's not ditch digging - which I have done, for one summer. Of course there are times when your fuel tank's low, but even on the hardest days, you are on a film set. You are doing something creative.
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Matthew Hussey
British Celebrity
The guy who wants to spend all his time with you may seem romantic, but he's also the guy who'll try to stop you from doing anything that doesn't involve him. If he presses you to ditch hobbies, passions, and friends, it's time to ditch him.
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Liam Neeson
Irish Actor
I've had an unbelievable life. I've been very lucky. You do create your own luck too, you know? I never forget where I'm from. Whenever I pass a building site or see somebody digging a ditch, I always think, 'That's real work.
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Kate O'Mara
English Actress
What really interests me is how a woman who has had a bad experience with a man comes through it and gets a new life. I feel you have to be positive. You have to say, 'Look, okay, he's ditched you, but there's life after.
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Rachel Bilson
American Actress
It's important not to ditch your mates when you're in a relationship. Lots of girls do it, but you need to remember they will always be there for you.
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Yoel Romero
Cuban Athlete
It doesn't matter whatever has happened in my life; it doesn't matter how many ditches I've had to go through in my life. I keep going forward.
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Twyla Tharp
American Dancer
My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the world.
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Morrissey
English Musician
Each year of life brings us nearer to our decline, but I will continue to seek a listener until I'm dead in a ditch.
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Paul Thomas Anderson
American Director
Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.
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Joe Wicks
British Author
My top tips for deep sleep are to switch off your laptop and mobile at least 30 minutes before bed and leave them in another room. Ditch the bedroom TV; listen to music instead. Get a comfortable eye mask. It takes getting used to, but trust me, it will allow you to sleep deeper and longer.
Quote examples
Ty Burrell
American Actor
The world can make an actor feel overly important. What I do isn't hard work. It's not ditch digging - which I have done, for one summer. Of course there are times when your fuel tank's low, but even on the hardest days, you are on a film set. You are doing something creative.
Quote examples
Matthew Hussey
British Celebrity
The guy who wants to spend all his time with you may seem romantic, but he's also the guy who'll try to stop you from doing anything that doesn't involve him. If he presses you to ditch hobbies, passions, and friends, it's time to ditch him.
Quote examples
Liam Neeson
Irish Actor
I've had an unbelievable life. I've been very lucky. You do create your own luck too, you know? I never forget where I'm from. Whenever I pass a building site or see somebody digging a ditch, I always think, 'That's real work.
Quote examples
Kate O'Mara
English Actress
What really interests me is how a woman who has had a bad experience with a man comes through it and gets a new life. I feel you have to be positive. You have to say, 'Look, okay, he's ditched you, but there's life after.
Quote examples
Rachel Bilson
American Actress
It's important not to ditch your mates when you're in a relationship. Lots of girls do it, but you need to remember they will always be there for you.
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Yoel Romero
Cuban Athlete
It doesn't matter whatever has happened in my life; it doesn't matter how many ditches I've had to go through in my life. I keep going forward.
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Twyla Tharp
American Dancer
My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the world.
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Morrissey
English Musician
Each year of life brings us nearer to our decline, but I will continue to seek a listener until I'm dead in a ditch.
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Paul Thomas Anderson
American Director
Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.
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