a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
[ Syn: deep , oceanic abyss ]
any long ditch cut in the ground
trench (n.)
impinge or infringe upon; This impinges on my rights as an individual; This matter entrenches on other domains
fortify by surrounding with trenches; He trenched his military camp'
cut or carve deeply into; letters trenched into the stone'
set, plant, or bury in a trench; trench the fallen soldiers; trench the vegetables'
cut a trench in, as for drainage; ditch the land to drain it; trench the fields
[ Syn: ditch ]
dig a trench or trenches; The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench'