Trench

[tren(t)ʃ] or [trɛntʃ]

Definition

(noun.) a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth.

(noun.) any long ditch cut in the ground.

(noun.) a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor.

(verb.) dig a trench or trenches; 'The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench'.

(verb.) cut a trench in, as for drainage; 'ditch the land to drain it'; 'trench the fields'.

(verb.) set, plant, or bury in a trench; 'trench the fallen soldiers'; 'trench the vegetables'.

(verb.) cut or carve deeply into; 'letters trenched into the stone'.

(verb.) fortify by surrounding with trenches; 'He trenched his military camp'.

Editor: Spence--From WordNet

Definition

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

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

(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. i.) To encroach; to intrench.

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

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

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

(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.

Typed by Aldo

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Encroach, intrude, infringe, trespass.

n. Ditch, fosse, moat, drain, sewer, water-course.

Typist: Wanda

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Moat, ditch, drain, fosse

SYN:Trespass, infringe, encroach,[See TREACHERY]

Inputed by Barnard

Definition

v.t. to dig a ditch: to dig deeply with the spade or plough.—v.i. to encroach.—n. a long narrow cut in the earth: (fort.) an excavation to interrupt the approach of an enemy: an excavated approach made by besiegers.—n. Tren′chancy causticity.—adjs. Tren′chant Tren′ching cutting: sharp: severe—(Spens.) Tren′chand.—ns. Tren′cher; Trench′-plough a plough for trenching or turning up the land more deeply than usual.—v.t. to plough with a trench-plough.

Inputed by Betty

Unserious Contents or Definition

To see trenches in dreams, warns you of distant treachery. You will sustain loss if not careful in undertaking new enterprises, or associating with strangers. To see filled trenches, denotes many anxieties are gathering around you. See Ditch.

Edited by Cheryl

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Edited by Guthrie

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