TRENCH

I. noun see: trine Date: 15th century 1. a long cut in the ground ; ditch , a place, position, or level at which an activity is carried on in a manner likened to ~ warfare, a long, narrow, and usually steep-sided depression in the ocean floor, ~ coat , II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb to make a cut in ; carve , 2. to protect with or as if with a ~, to cut a ~ in ; ditch , intransitive verb 1. en~ , encroach , to come close ; verge , to dig a ~