Definition of trench

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Trench (v. t.) To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops..

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Untrenched :: Untrenched (a.) Being without trenches; whole; intact.
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) To trench; to drain.
Trenched :: Trenched (imp. & p. p.) of Trenc.
Trench :: Trench (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench.
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..
Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse..
Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe..
Underdrain :: Underdrain (n.) An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches..
Furrow :: Furrow (n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age..
Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food..
Leat :: Leat (n.) An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill..
Trencher-men :: Trencher-men (pl. ) of Trencher-ma.
Trenchmore :: Trenchmore (n.) A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance..
Sap :: Sap (n.) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc..
Trencher-man :: Trencher-man (n.) A cook.
Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..
Line :: Line (n.) A trench or rampart.
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