trench
noun
- 1
a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- 2
any long ditch cut in the ground
- 3
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
verb
- 1
dig a trench or trenches
The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench
- 2
cut a trench in, as for drainage
ditch the land to drain it
trench the fields
- 3
set, plant, or bury in a trench
trench the fallen soldiers
trench the vegetables
- 4
cut or carve deeply into
letters trenched into the stone
- 5
fortify by surrounding with trenches
He trenched his military camp
- 6
impinge or infringe upon
This impinges on my rights as an individual
This matter entrenches on other domains
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