ditch

Definition

  • noun: a long narrow hole that is dug along a road, field, etc., and used to hold or move water
  • noun: a long narrow excavation dug in the earth (as for drainage)
  • verb: to stop having or using (something you no longer want or need)
  • verb: to enclose with a ditch
  • synonyms: trench, channel, dike

Examples

  • The troops made a desperate 'last-ditch' effort to keep the town from being captured.

  • The negotiations were a 'last-ditch' attempt to prevent a labor strike.

  • His girlfriend 'ditched' him. = He 'got ditched' by his girlfriend.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) -Sick? Just a little bit sick, that's all. Your pa was wild when they wouldn't let him fight 'cause of his broken knee. He had fits when they took us field hands to dig ditches for white soldiers to hide in. But your ma says the Confederacy needs us. So we're gonna dig for the South. (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind