ditch
noun
a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
ditched
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past participleof ditch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ditch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
ditchnouna long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
Example Sentences
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At about 20:50 GMT the aircraft ditched - a deliberate emergency landing on water, approximately 25 nautical miles south of Lyme Regis, Dorset.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The suspect ditched his bike in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood, northeast of where Interstates 105 and 110 intersect, and ran off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Chip company Arm, gambling group Flutter and fintech Wise are among a litany of U.K. companies that ditched their home market for New York in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Dow industrials surged, while chip stocks were selling off as investors ditched artificial-intelligence darlings in favor of other sectors that had been left behind this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
My security detail wore shorts and sneakers and ditched their earpieces, doing their best not to stand out as they trailed me and my assistant Kristin Jones through the store.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
