ditch
A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainageA trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
Meaning
2 sensesA trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.
The truck careered off the road into a ditch.
Graben, Schanze
кана́ваkanáva, транше́яtranšéja, ровrov
рівriv, кана́ваkanáva, транше́яtranšéja
(Ireland)A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
- a long narrow excavation in the earth
- any small natural waterway
Examples
141 sentencesI ditched Tom.
Я покинув Тома. — deniko
He leaped over the shallow ditch.
ruОн перепрыгнул через неглубокую канаву. — Selena777
deEr sprang über den flachen Graben. — xtofu80
Tom ditched Mary in the park.
ruТом бросил Мэри в парке. — sharptoothed
deTom gab Mary im Park den Laufpass. — Esperantostern
Tom jumped over the big ditch.
deTom sprang über den großen Graben. — Melang
Tom jumped over the huge ditch.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkazFrom Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk (“dam”), Dutch dijk (“dam”), German Teich (“pond”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) (compare Latin fīgō (“to affix, fasten”), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”)). Doublet of dike.
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