Definition of Trench

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noun path

(v. t.)
To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.
  

(v. t.)
To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops.
  

(v. t.)
To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like.
  

(v. t.)
To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.
  

(v. t.)
An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
  

(v. t.)
An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like.
  

(v. t.)
A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.
  

(v. i.)
To have direction; to aim or tend.
  

(v. i.)
To encroach; to intrench.
  

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trench
trenchancy n : keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect [syn: incisiveness]

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  similar words(11) 

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 trench-plough 
 trench knife 
 trench mortar 
 trench mouth 
 trench plough 
 trench cavalier 
 trench-plow 
 trench coat 
 trench fever 
 to trench at 
 trench plow 

Camlas = n. a trench, a ditch

Cladd = n. a trench, a pit

Cloddio = v. to trench, to embank, to dig, to quarry

Ffos = n. a ditch, a trench

Ffosi = v. to trench, to ditch

Rhigol = n. a groove; trench

Rhill = n. a row; trench; drill

Rhych = n. a trench, a furrow

Rhychio, Rhychu = v. to trench, to furrow

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Noun
1. a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
(hypernym) ditch
(hyponym) approach trench, communication trench
(part-holonym) entrenchment, intrenchment
2. a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
(synonym) deep, oceanic abyss
(hypernym) natural depression, depression
(hyponym) Atacama Trench
3. any long ditch cut in the ground
(hypernym) ditch
(hyponym) furrow

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Verb
1. impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
(synonym) impinge, encroach, entrench
(hypernym) trespass, take advantage
2. fortify by surrounding with trenches; "He trenched his military camp"
(hypernym) fortify, fort
3. cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone"
(hypernym) cut
(derivation) trencher
4. set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
5. cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
(synonym) ditch
(hypernym) excavate, dig, hollow
6. dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"
(hypernym) dig, dig out

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Deep and sinuous depression in the ocean floor, usually seaward of a continental margin or an arcuate group of volcanic islands

A long, narrow, characteristically very deep and asymmetrical depression of the sea floor, with relatively steep sides. IHO/IOC (1985)

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