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Meaning of trench

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  trench
      n 1: a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the
           excavated earth
      2: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor [syn:
         {trench}, {deep}, {oceanic abyss}]
      3: any long ditch cut in the ground
      v 1: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an
           individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
           [syn: {impinge}, {encroach}, {entrench}, {trench}]
      2: fortify by surrounding with trenches; "He trenched his
         military camp"
      3: cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone"
      4: set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen
         soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"
      5: cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain
         it"; "trench the fields" [syn: {trench}, {ditch}]
      6: dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent
         out to trench"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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