Definition of "ditch" []

• A long narrow trench or furrow dug in the ground, as for irrigation, drainage, or a boundary line. (noun)
• To dig or make a long narrow trench or furrow in. (verb-transitive)
• To surround with a long narrow trench or furrow. (verb-transitive)
• To drive (a vehicle) into a long narrow trench, as one beside a road. (verb-transitive)
• To derail (a train). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Your ditch is ahead of you come November and I can't wait until you fall in."
• "On the west side of the ditch is a mixture of mobile homes and permanent structures."
• "Now a ditch is a ditch, assumably muddy, and usually traversing uninteresting and monotonous landscapes."