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trench

(tr/E/n/tS/ )

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)

Synonym:
deep, oceanic abyss

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

impinge or infringe upon(verb.social)

Example:
This matter entrenches on other domains.

Synonym:
encroach, entrench, impinge

source: wordnet30
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.

Synonym:
ditch

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

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