Ditch vs. Swale

Ditchnoun

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

Ditchnoun

alternative form of deech

Ditchverb

(transitive) To discard or abandon.

Ditchverb

(intransitive) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.

Ditchverb

(intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

Ditchverb

(intransitive) To dig ditches.

Ditchverb

(transitive) To dig ditches around.

Ditchverb

(transitive) To throw into a ditch.

Ditchverb

alternative form of deech

Ditchnoun

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.

Ditchnoun

Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.

Ditchverb

To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

Ditchverb

To surround with a ditch.

Ditchverb

To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.

Ditchverb

To dig a ditch or ditches.

Ditchnoun

a long narrow excavation in the earth

Ditchnoun

any small natural waterway

Ditchverb

forsake;

Ditchverb

throw away;

Ditchverb

sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly;

Ditchverb

make an emergency landing on water

Ditchverb

crash or crash-land;

Ditchverb

cut a trench in, as for drainage;

Ditch

A ditch is a small to moderate divot created to channel water. A ditch can be used for drainage, to drain water from low-lying areas, alongside roadways or fields, or to channel water from a more distant source for plant irrigation.

Swalenoun

A low tract of moist or marshy land.

Swalenoun

A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.

Swalenoun

A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.

Swalenoun

A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.

Swalenoun

A shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope). Its purpose being to allow water time to percolate into the soil.

Swalenoun

A gutter in a candle.

Swaleverb

alternative form of sweal|nodot=yes(melt and waste away, or singe)

Swalenoun

A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.

Swalenoun

A gutter in a candle.

Swaleverb

To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.