drain ditch
1drain — index consume, decrease, decrement, deplete, diminish, dissipate (expend foolishly), exhaust (deplete), expen …
2Ditch — Ditch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ditched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ditching}.] 1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land. [1913 Webster] 2. To surround with a ditch. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To throw into a… …
3ditch — [dich] n. [ME dich < OE dic, a ditch, drain: see DIKE1] a long, narrow channel dug into the earth, as a trough for drainage or irrigation vt. 1. to border with a ditch 2. to make a ditch or ditches in 3. ☆ a) to cause (a car, wagon, et …
4drain — [n] channel through which liquid runs off cesspool, cloaca, conduit, culvert, ditch, duct, outlet, pipe, sewer, sink, trench, watercourse; concept 501 drain [v1] remove liquid; remove supply abate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed dry*, catheterize,… …
5ditch — [n] gulley canal, channel, chase, cut, dike, drain, excavation, furrow, gutter, mine, moat, trench, watercourse; concepts 509,513 ditch [v] get rid of abandon, desert, discard, dispose of, drop, dump*, eighty six*, forsake, jettison, junk*, leave …
6Ditch — For other uses, see Ditch (disambiguation). A well maintained ditch in the Netherlands …
7Drain commissioner — A drain commissioner is an elected official in counties of the U.S. state of Michigan with a population over 12,000. In counties with a population under 12,000, the statutory duties and responsibilities of the drain commissioner are performed by… …
8drain — To conduct water from one place to another, for the purpose of drying the former. To make dry; to draw off water; to rid land of its superfluous moisture by adapting or improving natural water courses and supplementing them, when necessary, by… …
9drain — To conduct water from one place to another, for the purpose of drying the former. To make dry; to draw off water; to rid land of its superfluous moisture by adapting or improving natural water courses and supplementing them, when necessary, by… …
10ditch — 1. noun she rescued a cat from the ditch Syn: trench, trough, channel, dike, drain, gutter, gully, watercourse, conduit; Archaeology fosse 2. verb 1) they started ditching the coastal areas Syn: dig a ditch in, trench …
