TO DITCH

Definition: DITCH

DITCH

Noun

1. A long narrow excavation in the earth.

2. Any small natural waterway.

Verb

1. Forsake; "ditch a lover".

2. Throw away (slang); "Chuck these old notes".

3. Make an emergency landing on water.

4. Crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane".

5. Cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields".

Specialty Definition: TO DITCH

Modern Translation: TO DITCH

Language		Translations for "TO DITCH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		sætte på vandet, nødlande på vandet, groeftegravning (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench). (various references)

Dutch		noodlanden op het water, een sloot graven (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench), ditchen. (various references)

Finnish		tehdä pakkolasku veteen, ojittaa (ditch, drain), laskeutua veteen, kaivaa ojaa (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench). (various references)

French		faire un amerrissage forcé, faire un amerrissage, creuser une tranchée (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench). (various references)

German		wassern (land on water, splash down), notwassern, einen Graben ausstechen (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench), einen Graben ausheben (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench). (various references)

Greek		εκσκάπτω χάνδακες (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench), εκσκάπτω αύλακες (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench), εκσκάπτω αγωγούς (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench), εκσκάπτω τάφρους (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench). (various references)

Hungarian		kényszerleszállást végez, árokba fordít (to tip into the ditch), árkol (gutter, to groove, to gutter). (various references)

Italian		scavare uno fosso (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench), ammarare con velivolo terrestre, ammarare (moor, splash down, touch down), affossare (scour, to cut a ditch, to dig a trench). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay itchday

Portuguese		amarar em emergência, amarar. (various references)

Spanish		excavar una zanja (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench), amerizar (land, touch down). (various references)

Swedish		gräva ett dike (to cut a ditch, to dig a trench), dika (dike, ditch, dyke, gully). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO DITCH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-h-i-o-t-t"
	-2 letters: chott, dhoti, dicot, ditch, ditto.
	-3 letters: chid, chit, doit, doth, itch, odic, otic, thio, toit.
	-4 letters: chi, cod, cot, dit, doc, dot, hic, hid, hit, hod, hot, ich, tho, tic, tit, tod, tot.
	-5 letters: do, hi, ho, id, it, od, oh, ti, to.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-h-i-o-t-t"
	+3 letters: outbitched, outpitched.
	+4 letters: anticathode, dichotomist, hydrostatic, methodistic, orthodontic, ricochetted, topstitched.
	+5 letters: anticathodes, creditworthy, dichotomists, dictatorship, fianchettoed, hydrostatics, lockstitched, orthodontics, photoexcited.
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Domain	Definition
Transportation	Of a landplane, to land on water in an emergency. Source: European Union. (references)
	To set down an ACV on water, while still in motion, following deliberate collapse of the cushion or loss of power. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

TO DITCH

Definition: DITCH

DITCH

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: TO DITCH

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Crosswords: TO DITCH

Modern Translation: TO DITCH

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Dutch

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hungarian

Italian

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Spanish

Swedish

Anagrams: TO DITCH

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