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[dɪtʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water
(e.g: their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch)
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Origin
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Old English dīc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dijk ‘ditch, dyke’ and German Teich ‘pond, pool’, also to dyke
[dɪtʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- provide with a ditch or ditches
(e.g: he was praised for ditching the coastal areas)
- get rid of or give up
(e.g: plans for the road were ditched following a public inquiry)
- bring (an aircraft) down on water in an emergency
(e.g: he was picked up by a gunboat after ditching his plane in the Mediterranean)
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Origin
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Old English dīc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dijk ‘ditch, dyke’ and German Teich ‘pond, pool’, also to dyke
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