Definitions
cut a trench in, as for drainage
Word origin
From 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.
Used in a sentence
“Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.”
“The truck careered off the road into a ditch.”
“You flung a ditch on my vision Of beauty, love and truth. O stony grey soil of Monaghan You burgled my bank of youth!”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Roadside trench”5 letters
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