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1. A ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
    
2. A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
   - deep, oceanic abyss
    
3. Any long ditch cut in the ground

1. Impinge or infringe upon
   - impinge, encroach, entrench
    
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
   "trench the fields"
   - ditch
    
6. Dig a trench or trenches
   "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"

Derived forms: trenched, trenches, trenching

See also: trencher

Type of: cut, depression, dig, dig out, ditch, excavate, fort, fortify, hollow, lay, natural depression, place, pose, position, put, set, take advantage, trespass

Part of: entrenchment, intrenchment

Encyclopedia: Trench Trench, Shropshire Trench, Telford