a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.

any open passage or trench, as a natural channel or waterway.

to dig a ditch or ditches in or around.

to derail (a train) or drive or force (an automobile, bus, etc.) into a ditch.

to crash-land on water and abandon (an airplane).

Slang .

to get rid of

I ditched that old hat of yours.

to escape from

He ditched the cops by driving down an alley.

to absent oneself from (school or a class) without permission or an acceptable reason.

to dig a ditch.

(of an aircraft or its crew) to crash-land in water and abandon the sinking aircraft.

Slang . to be truant; play hooky.

verb

pick up

noun

canal , channel , chase , cut , dike , drain , excavation , furrow , gutter , mine , moat , trench , watercourse

verb

abandon , desert , discard , dispose of , drop , dump * , eighty-six * , forsake , jettison , junk * , leave , reject , scrap * , throw away , throw out , throw overboard , dump , junk , scrap , canal , channel , chuck , dike , excavation , foss , foxhole , gully , gutter , moat , skip , trench , trough