trench
1. a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
ditch
• Hyponyms:
approach trench, communication trench, fire trench, moat, fosse, slit trench
• Part Holonyms:
entrenchment, intrenchment
2. a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
• Syn:
deep, oceanic abyss
• Hypernyms:
natural depression, depression
• Instance Hyponyms:
Atacama Trench, Bougainville Trench, Japan Trench, Nares Deep
3. any long ditch cut in the ground
• Hypernyms:
ditch
• Hyponyms:
furrow
1. fortify by surrounding with trenches
- He trenched his military camp
• Hypernyms:
fortify, fort
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. cut or carve deeply into
- letters trenched into the stone
• Derivationally related forms:
trencher
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. set, plant, or bury in a trench
- trench the fallen soldiers
- trench the vegetables
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. cut a trench in, as for drainage
- ditch the land to drain it
- trench the fields
• Syn:
ditch
• Derivationally related forms:
ditch (for: ditch), trencher
• Hypernyms:
excavate, dig, hollow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. impinge or infringe upon
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
• Syn:
impinge, encroach, entrench
• Derivationally related forms:
encroachment (for: encroach), impingement (for: impinge), impinging (for: impinge)
• Hypernyms:
trespass, take advantage
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. dig a trench or trenches
- The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench
• Derivationally related forms:
trencher
• Hypernyms:
dig, dig out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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