trenches

Meanings

Noun

• a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
• any long ditch cut in the ground
• plural of trench
• The front line of any field of endeavor, as the line of scrimmage in American football, patrol duty for a policeman.
• A difficult or disadvantageous situation; a low point.

Verb

• impinge or infringe upon
  • "This matter entrenches on other domains"
• fortify by surrounding with trenches
• cut or carve deeply into
• set, plant, or bury in a trench
• cut a trench in, as for drainage
• dig a trench or trenches
• third-person singular simple present indicative of trench

Synonyms

deep, ditch, encroach, entrench, impinge, oceanic abyss, trench

Related Words

in the thick of it