trench, v.
(trenched, trenches, trenching)
(trenched, trenches, trenching)
dig a trench or trenches
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trench
sample sentences
"The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"verb frames
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cut a trench in, as for drainage
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ditch trench
sample sentences
"ditch the land to drain it""trench the fields"
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set, plant, or bury in a trench
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trench
sample sentences
"trench the fallen soldiers""trench the vegetables"
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cut or carve deeply into
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trench
sample sentences
"letters trenched into the stone"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
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fortify by surrounding with trenches
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trench
sample sentences
"He trenched his military camp"verb frames
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impinge or infringe upon
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
encroach entrench impinge trench
sample sentences
"This impinges on my rights as an individual""This matter entrenches on other domains"
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