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trench

noun
  1. a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
  2. any long ditch cut in the ground
  3. a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
    deep
verb
  1. dig a trench or trenches
    “The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench”
  2. cut a trench in, as for drainage
    ditch
  3. set, plant, or bury in a trench
    “trench the fallen soldiers”
  4. cut or carve deeply into
    “letters trenched into the stone”
  5. fortify by surrounding with trenches
    “They trenched their military camp.”
  6. impinge or infringe upon
    entrenchencroachimpinge