trench
trench
trɛnʧ
trench
/tɹˈɛnt‍ʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "trench"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–āĻžāύāĻž āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to dig a long, narrow hole in the ground
Transitive: to trench the ground
to trench definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Gardeners may trench the soil to create irrigation channels for better water flow.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāϰāĻž āϜāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϞ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāĻĻ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create a deep and often narrow cut or groove in something
Transitive: to trench a cut or groove
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, the constant flow of water had trench‌ed a winding path through the limestone cave.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āϜāϞ⧇āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš āϚ⧁āύāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āϗ⧁āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻĨ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ–āĻž āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to dig a long, narrow excavation in the ground
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The construction workers trench‌ed along the roadside to lay new utility pipes.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āύāϤ⧁āύ āχāωāϟāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāχāĻĒ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to dig defensive fortifications for protection
Transitive: to trench an area or place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During wartime, civilians trench‌ed their homes to provide shelter from bombings.
āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦ⧇āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ• āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ–āĻž āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to encroach on or invade a domain or right
Intransitive: to trench on a domain or right | to trench upon a domain or right
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government 's censorship laws are trenching on freedom of speech.
āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏāϰāĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āφāχāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāĻĻ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ–āĻž

a long narrow hole dug in the ground in which soldiers move and are protected from enemy fire
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Life in the trench was harsh, with constant exposure to the elements and the ever-present threat of enemy fire.
āĻ–āĻžāρāĻĻ⧇ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ§ā§āϰ⧁āĻŦāĻ• āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻĒā§‹āϜāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϰ āφāϗ⧁āύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻšāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāĻĻ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ–āĻž

any long, narrow excavation or ditch in the ground, regardless of purpose
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Gardeners created a trench to plant rows of vegetables.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāϰāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϤ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻ

a deep, narrow, steep-sided depression on the ocean floor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Earthquakes are often associated with tectonic trenches.
āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻŸā§‹āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ–āĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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