TRENCH

/tɹɛntʃ/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 12

Definition

  1. noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth.
  2. noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor. — synonyms: deep, oceanic_abyss
  3. noun any long ditch cut in the ground.
  4. verb impinge or infringe upon. — synonyms: impinge, encroach, entrench
  5. verb fortify by surrounding with trenches.
  6. verb cut or carve deeply into.
  7. verb set, plant, or bury in a trench.
  8. verb cut a trench in, as for drainage. — synonyms: ditch
  9. verb dig a trench or trenches.

Examples

  • “to trench land for the purpose of draining it”
  • “to trench a garden for certain crops”

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