Trenches

Definition of Trenches
Noun

1. trench (a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth)

2. trench, deep, oceanic abyss (a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor)

3. trench (any long ditch cut in the ground)

Verb

1. impinge, encroach, entrench, trench (impinge or infringe upon) "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

2. trench (fortify by surrounding with trenches) "He trenched his military camp"

3. trench (cut or carve deeply into) "letters trenched into the stone"

4. trench (set, plant, or bury in a trench) "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"

5. trench, ditch (cut a trench in, as for drainage) "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"

6. trench (dig a trench or trenches) "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"

Find words for Trenches
Verbs

beseige—; blast—; bolster—; bombard—; burrow—; confine to—; excavate—; fortify —; flow from—; lodge in—; maintain—; map—; patrol—; plan—; raid—; repulse from—; scoop out—; straggle to—; stream to—; swarm from—; tunnel—; —afford; — deface; —furrow; —shelter; —shield.

See also

ditch, drain, fortification.