āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to trench
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āĻāύāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻāύāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to dig a long, narrow hole in the ground
Transitive: to trench the ground
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Gardeners may trench the soil to create irrigation channels for better water flow.
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āĻāĻžāĻĻ āĻāύāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϰā§āϤ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to create a deep and often narrow cut or groove in something
Transitive: to trench a cut or groove
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, the constant flow of water had trenchâed a winding path through the limestone cave.
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āĻāύāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻāύāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to dig a long, narrow excavation in the ground
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The construction workers trenchâed along the roadside to lay new utility pipes.
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻāϰāĻž āύāϤā§āύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻĒ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĻ āĻāύāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāύāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻž
to dig defensive fortifications for protection
Transitive: to trench an area or place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During wartime, civilians trenchâed their homes to provide shelter from bombings.
āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦā§āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ āϞā§āĻā§āϰāĻž āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻāύāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ āϤāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to encroach on or invade a domain or right
Intransitive: to trench on a domain or right | to trench upon a domain or right
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government 's censorship laws are trenching on freedom of speech.
āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϏā§āύā§āϏāϰāĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāϏāύ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
Trench
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Life in the trench was harsh, with constant exposure to the elements and the ever-present threat of enemy fire.
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āĻāĻžāĻĻ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻž
any long, narrow excavation or ditch in the ground, regardless of purpose
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Gardeners created a trench to plant rows of vegetables.
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āĻāĻžāϤ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĻ
a deep, narrow, steep-sided depression on the ocean floor
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Earthquakes are often associated with tectonic trenches.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
entrench
intrench
retrench
trench
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