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- pronunciation:
- ihn
trench
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
entrenches, entrenching, entrenched |
| definition 1: |
to protect or fortify (oneself), as with trenches.
The troops entrenched themselves and waited for the fighting to begin. |
| definition 2: |
to establish firmly and unchangeably.
His beliefs were entrenched, and neither his daughter nor his son could change his mind. |
| related words: |
lodge |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to impinge or encroach (usu. fol. by "on" or "upon").
- similar words:
- trespass
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