Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ditch

(obsolete, transitive) To prepare for use or action; to make ready.

(US, New England) A trifling quantity or amount.

simple past tense and past participle of ditch

present participle of ditch

(aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water.

(chemistry) Describing a tactic polymer that contains two sites of defined stereoisomerism in each repeat unit.

plural of ditcher

One who digs ditches. / One who ditches, or abandons. / In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.

(idiomatic, chiefly southern US) This is a big problem; there is unavoidable or demanding work ahead.