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Definitions for Trenches
[1] 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.
[2] trenches, a system of such excavations, with their embankments, etc.
[3] a deep furrow, ditch, or cut.
[4] Oceanography . a long, steep-sided, narrow depression in the ocean floor.
[5] to surround or fortify with trenches; entrench.
[6] to cut a trench in.
[7] to set or place in a trench.
[8] to form (a furrow, ditch, etc.) by cutting into or through something.
[9] to make a cut in; cut into; carve.
[10] to dig a trench.
[11] trench on /upon , to encroach or infringe on. to come close to; verge on: His remarks were trenching on poor taste.
[12] a system of excavations used for the protection of troops, esp those (the Trenches ) used at the front line in World War I
[13] a deep ditch or furrow
[14] a ditch dug as a fortification, having a parapet of the excavated earth
[15] to make a trench in (a place)
[16] (tr) to fortify with a trench or trenches
[17] to slash or be slashed
[18] (intr; foll by on or upon) to encroach or verge
Words related to Trenches
trenchgully, dike, trough, gorge, moat, pit, foxhole, waterway, rut, canal, cut, excavation, tube, gutter, dugout, hollow, arroyo, drain, sink, drill
Words nearby Trenches
trenchtremolo arm, tremor, tremulant, tremulous, trenail, trench, trench coat, trench fever, trench foot, trench knife, trench mortar
Origin of Trenches
1350–1400; Middle English trenche path made by cutting < Old French: act of cutting, a cut, derivative of trenchier to cut < Vulgar Latin *trincāre , for Latin truncāre to lop; see truncate
Other words from Trenches
sub·trench , noun
un·trenched , adjective
Word origin for Trenches
C14: from Old French trenche something cut, from trenchier to cut, from Latin truncāre to cut off
Synonyms for Trenches
dike, foxhole, gorge, gully, moat, pit, trough, waterway, arroyo, canal, cut, depression, drain, drill, dugout, earthwork, entrenchment, excavation, fosse, furrow, gulch, gutter, hollow, main, rut, sink, tube