Definitions of trench
v. t. - To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like. 2
v. t. - To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench. 2
v. t. - To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it. 2
v. t. - To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops. 2
v. i. - To encroach; to intrench. 2
v. i. - To have direction; to aim or tend. 2
v. t. - A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land. 2
v. t. - An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like. 2
v. t. - An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches. 2
The word "trench" uses 6 letters: C E H N R T.
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