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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trench /trɛntʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a long, narrow area dug out of the ground as a defense against the enemy.
- Civil Engineeringa deep ditch or cut in an area, as in a deep-sea ocean floor.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trench (trench),USA pronunciation n. - [Fort.]a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- trenches, a system of such excavations, with their embankments, etc.
- a deep furrow, ditch, or cut.
- [Oceanog.]a long, steep-sided, narrow depression in the ocean floor.
v.t. - to surround or fortify with trenches;
entrench. - to cut a trench in.
- to set or place in a trench.
- to form (a furrow, ditch, etc.) by cutting into or through something.
- to make a cut in;
cut into;
carve.
v.i. - to dig a trench.
- trench on or upon:
- to encroach or infringe on.
- to come close to;
verge on:His remarks were trenching on poor taste.
- Vulgar Latin *trincāre, for Latin truncāre to lop; see truncate
- Old French: act of cutting, a cut, derivative of trenchier to cut
- Middle English trenche path made by cutting 1350–1400
Richard Chen•e•vix (shen′ə vē),USA pronunciation 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trench /trɛntʃ/ n - a deep ditch or furrow
- a ditch dug as a fortification, having a parapet of the excavated earth
vb - to make a trench in (a place)
- (transitive) to fortify with a trench or trenches
- to slash or be slashed
- (intr; followed by on or upon) to encroach or verge
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French trenche something cut, from trenchier to cut, from Latin truncāre to cut off |