Sekirov Dictionary

trench

/ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/

verb 7
noun 4
forms 3
phrases 1

verb7

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To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
- No more shall trenching war channel her fields. — 1597
To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
To cut furrows or ditches in.
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To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
- to trench a garden for certain crops
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To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
- The wide wound that the boar had trenched / In his soft flank. — 1593
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To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
- Shee is the Judge, Thou Executioner, Or if thou needs would'st trench upon her power, Thou mightst have yet enjoy'd thy crueltie, With some more thrift, and more varietie. — 1640
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To have direction; to aim or tend.
- the reason and consequence thereof may trench to point of estate — 1625

noun4

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A long, narrow ditch or hole in the ground; either manmade, or formed naturally through erosion or tectonic plate movement.
- The trenches for installing the underground cables were dug with a trencher.
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A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
- The soldiers in the trenches rely on logistical support.
A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
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(informal) A trench coat.
- I was the first person in my high school to wear a trench and fedora constantly, and Ben was one of the first to wear a black trench. — 1999

forms

trenched · trenching · trenches

Phrases with trench

trench mouth
Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, a severe bacterial infection of the gums, typically characterized by inflammation, bleeding, deep ulceration, necrotized tissue, pain, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue, and halitosis.

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