noun. A deep furrow or ditch.

noun. A long narrow ditch embanked with its own soil and used for concealment and protection in warfare.

noun. A long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor.

intransitive verb. To dig or make a trench or trenches in (land or an area, for example).

intransitive verb. To place in a trench.

intransitive verb. To dig a trench or trenches.

intransitive verb. To encroach. Often used with on or upon.

intransitive verb. To verge or border. Often used with on or upon.

To cut, as a notch, hole, mark, etc.; form by cutting; carve; incise.

To cut into; form a ditch, trench, or other linear depression in: as, to trench the ground round a camp or a fort.

In agriculture, to furrow deeply, especially with the spade; dig deeply and turn over thoroughly by means of a succession of contiguous trenches.

In cabinet-making and the like, to work with a long continuous groove, as a rail which is to be fitted upon the heads of a series of bars or balusters.

To cut; slash.

Specifically, to form a trench or trenches; proceed by or as if by means of trenches.

To encroach; infringe; obtrude as if by cutting into something: used of conduct, expression, or the like, usually with on or upon: as, to trench upon another's rights. Also intrench.

To reach out; extend; tend.

Synonyms Encroach upon, Infringe, etc. See trespass.

noun. A narrow excavation of considerable length cut into the earth; a deep furrow or ditch.

noun. A lane or road cut through shrubbery or woods.

transitive verb. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like.

transitive verb. To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.

transitive verb. To cut furrows or ditches in.

transitive verb. To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.

intransitive verb. To encroach; to intrench.

intransitive verb. To have direction; to aim or tend.

intransitive verb. to make trenches against; to approach by trenches, as a town in besieging it.

noun. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch.

noun. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like.

noun. 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.

noun. to begin to dig or to form the lines of approach.

noun. an elevation constructed (by a besieger) of gabions, fascines, earth, and the like, about half way up the glacis, in order to discover and enfilade the covered way.

noun. a kind of plow for opening land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.

noun. undefined

noun. A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground, especially in warfare.

noun. A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.

noun. A trench coat.

verb. To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another.

verb. To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.

verb. To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.

verb. cut a trench in, as for drainage

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

verb. cut or carve deeply into

verb. impinge or infringe upon

verb. dig a trench or trenches

verb. fortify by surrounding with trenches

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

verb. set, plant, or bury in a trench

noun. any long ditch cut in the ground

"It's usually a variety of steak served with frozen vegetables and what they describe as trench fried."

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