Definition of ditch

• n. - A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.
• n. - Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
• v. t. - To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
• v. t. - To surround with a ditch.
• v. t. - To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
• v. i. - To dig a ditch or ditches.