TRENCH

Trench

A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground. A trench is generally defined by being deeper than it is wide, and by being narrow compared to its length .

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trench

Noun

  1. A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground, especially in warfare.
  2. A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
  3. A trench coat.

Verb

  1. To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
  2. To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
  3. To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
  4. To have direction; to aim or tend.
  5. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
  6. To cut furrows or ditches in.
    to trench land for the purpose of draining it
  7. 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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