trench
To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of anotherTo invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
» Tom is wearing a trench coat.
Том в плаще.
Том носить тренчкот.
Meaning
7 senses(usually)To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
To have direction; to aim or tend.
To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
To cut furrows or ditches in.
to trench land for the purpose of draining it
cut a trench in, as for drainage
To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
to trench a garden for certain crops
dig a trench or trenches
Examples
23 sentencesTom is wearing a trench coat.
Том носить тренчкот.
ruТом в плаще.
Tom was wearing a trench coat.
I don't own a trench coat.
Tom wasn't wearing a trench coat.
Both Tom and Mary were wearing trench coats.
Origin
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trenche. Doublet of tranche and traunch. PossBorrowed into Middle English from Old French trenche. Doublet of tranche and traunch. Possible doublet of English: truncate
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Forms
trenches, trenching, trenched, trenchedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle