Australian English Meaning of trench

trench

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Definitions and Meaning of trench in English

Wordnet

trench (n)

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

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

any long ditch cut in the ground

Wordnet

trench (v)

impinge or infringe upon

fortify by surrounding with trenches

cut or carve deeply into

set, plant, or bury in a trench

cut a trench in, as for drainage

dig a trench or trenches

Webster

trench (v. t.)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Webster

trench (v. i.)

To encroach; to intrench.

To have direction; to aim or tend.

FAQs About the word trench

trench

a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth, a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor, any long ditch cut in the ground, impi

Ditch,gutter,Ravine,levee,Moat,furrow,trough,ditch,culvert,drain

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