Trench

verb

trɛnʧ

Noun

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
Similar:Deep
Type of:Depression
a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
Type of:Ditch
any long ditch cut in the ground
Type of:Ditch

impinge or infringe upon
“This matter entrenches on other domains”
Similar:Encroach Entrench Impinge
Type of:Trespass
cut a trench in, as for drainage
“trench the fields”
Similar:Ditch
Type of:HollowDigExcavate
set, plant, or bury in a trench
“trench the fallen soldiers”
“trench the vegetables”
Type of:PosePutPosition
cut or carve deeply into
“letters trenched into the stone”
Type of:Cut
dig a trench or trenches
“The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench”
Type of:Dig
fortify by surrounding with trenches
“He trenched his military camp”
Type of:FortFortify