Main entry: trench
Definition: a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
Main entry: trench
Definition: any long ditch cut in the ground
Main entry: trench, oceanic abyss, deep
Definition: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
Main entry: trench
Definition: dig a trench or trenches
Usage: The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench
Definition: cut a trench in, as for drainage
Usage: ditch the land to drain it; trench the fields
Main entry: trench
Definition: set, plant, or bury in a trench
Usage: trench the fallen soldiers; trench the vegetables
Main entry: trench
Definition: cut or carve deeply into
Usage: letters trenched into the stone
Main entry: trench
Definition: fortify by surrounding with trenches
Usage: He trenched his military camp
Main entry: trench, encroach, entrench, impinge
Definition: impinge or infringe upon
Usage: This impinges on my rights as an individual; This matter entrenches on other domains