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trench
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noun (n)
- a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- any long ditch cut in the ground(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- fortify by surrounding with trenches(verb.contact)Example:
He trenched his military camp.
source: wordnet30 - cut or carve deeply into(verb.contact)Example:
Letters trenched into the stone.
source: wordnet30 - set, plant, or bury in a trench(verb.contact)Example:
Trench the fallen soldiers.
Trench the vegetables.
source: wordnet30 - cut a trench in, as for drainage(verb.contact)Example:
Trench the fields.
source: wordnet30 - dig a trench or trenches(verb.contact)Example:
The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench.
source: wordnet30 - To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like.(verb)source: webster1913
- To encroach; to intrench.(verb)source: webster1913