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trench
1[ trench ]
noun
- Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- trenches, a system of such excavations, with their embankments, etc.
- a deep furrow, ditch, or cut.
- Oceanography. a long, steep-sided, narrow depression in the ocean floor.
verb (used with object)
- to surround or fortify with trenches; entrench.
- to cut a trench in.
- to set or place in a trench.
- to form (a furrow, ditch, etc.) by cutting into or through something.
- to make a cut in; cut into; carve.
verb (used without object)
- to dig a trench.
verb phrase
- to encroach or infringe on.
- to come close to; verge on:
His remarks were trenching on poor taste.
Trench
2[ trench ]
noun
- Richard Chen·e·vix [shen, -, uh, -vee], 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
trench
/ ٰɛԳʃ /
noun
- a deep ditch or furrow
- a ditch dug as a fortification, having a parapet of the excavated earth
verb
- to make a trench in (a place)
- tr to fortify with a trench or trenches
- to slash or be slashed
- intr; foll by on or upon to encroach or verge
trench
- A long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor. Trenches form when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate at a subduction zone. The Marianas Trench, located in the western Pacific east of the Philippines, is the deepest known trench (10,924 m or 35,831 ft) and the deepest area in the ocean.
Other Word Forms
- ܲtԳ noun
- ܲ·ٰԳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of trench1
Example Sentences
He stands at 6ft2in, has a stocky build and grey hair and was last seen wearing a long black trench coat, grey trousers and waistcoat, blue shirt, brown shoes and a red and white tie.
Next it's a painstakingly complex procedure, lowering the elements 40 metres down into a trench dug out on the seafloor, using underwater cameras and GPS-guided equipment, to line it up with 15mm precision.
Three trenches were selected for excavation with volunteers digging, scraping and brushing deep into the earth in search of evidence.
They’ve narrowly escaped family abuse and the German trenches of the Great War.
At Amata’s facilities, where companies make solar panels, electronics and car parts about 120 miles from China’s borders, workers continued to dig trenches around empty lots in preparation for the installation of utilities.
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