Definition of trench
- v. t. - To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by
incision, hewing, or the like.
- v. t. - To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or
breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.
- v. t. - To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the
purpose of draining it.
- 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.
- v. i. - To encroach; to intrench.
- v. i. - To have direction; to aim or tend.
- v. t. - A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench
for draining land.
- v. t. - An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods,
shrubbery, or the like.
- v. t. - An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of
covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term
includes the parallels and the approaches.
Syllable Information
The word trench is a 6 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for trench is: trench