trench

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
2. A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
3. A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
4. (informal) A trench coat.

Verb

1. To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
2. To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
3. To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
4. To have direction; to aim or tend.
5. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
6. To cut furrows or ditches in.
7. To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.

Sinònims

ditch

moat

dugout

pit

gutter

channel

groove

canal

dig up

entrenchment

drain

deep

dig

furrow

entrench

oceanic abyss

encroach

burrow

cavity

chase

cut

cut through

dig out

excavate

fosse

gully

hole

🕳️

hollow

impinge

irrigation canal

mine

rout

irrigation ditch

depression

small canal

hack through

appropriate

engrave

character

cavern

usurp

wall

cave

gouge

carve

gulch

watercourse

canyon

hamper

handicap

hinder

waterway

well

hollow out

deep ditch

imprint

incise

inconvenience

indenture

inscribe

barren

intrenchment

misappropriate

canalize

notch

opening

peculate

bomb shelter

poke into

positional

rampart

ream

rift valley

oceanic trench

sag

sap

shelter

sulcus

take out

trough

den

dig into

unearth

delve

dike

dip

disoblige

convert

chisel

dredge

drive

droop

chip

embarrass

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/tɹɛnt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: -

In summary

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trenche.