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Noun trench has 3 senses
- trench - a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
--1 is a kind of ditch
--1 is a part of entrenchment, intrenchment
--1 has particulars:
- trench, deep, oceanic abyss - a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
--2 is a kind of natural depression, depression
--2 has particulars: Atacama Trench; Bougainville Trench; Japan Trench; Nares Deep
- trench - any long ditch cut in the ground
--3 is a kind of ditch
--3 has particulars: furrow
Verb trench has 6 senses
- impinge, encroach, entrench, trench - impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
--1 is one way to trespass, take advantage
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- trench - fortify by surrounding with trenches; "He trenched his military camp"
--2 is one way to fortify, fort
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- trench - cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone"
--3 is one way to cut
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- trench - set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"
--4 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
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- trench, ditch - cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
--5 is one way to excavate, dig, hollow
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- trench - dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"
--6 is one way to dig, dig out
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