trench

Meanings

1. 1
   noun A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
2. 2
   noun A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
3. 3
   noun A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
4. 4
   noun A trench coat.
5. 5
   verb (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
6. 6
   verb (infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
7. 7
   verb To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
8. 8
   verb To have direction; to aim or tend.
9. 9
   verb To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
10. 10
    verb To cut furrows or ditches in.
11. 11
    verb To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.