ditch
ditch is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
- 2.To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
- 3.To surround with a ditch. Shak.
- 4.To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
- 5.To dig a ditch or ditches. Swift.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- arm
- armlet
- artesian
- balustrade
- barricade
- barrier
- bay
- bayou
- belt
- bent
- bight
- bisulcate
- bisulcous
- bite
- blanket
- book
- boring
- broad
- canaliculated
- case
- caught
- chamfer
- channel
- circumscribe
- circumvallation
- cold
- commonplace
- conte
- continental
- cordon
- corduroy
- corral
- costate
- cove
- covered
- crack
- cradle
- creek
- dam
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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