Definition of ditches:
(v) :
(transitive) To discard or abandon.
(n) :
A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
(v) :
(ambitransitive, aviation) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
(n) :
(Ireland) A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
(v) :
(transitive) To dig ditches around.