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trench

1. trench \'trench\ n [ME trenche track cut through a wood, fr. MF, act of 
   cutting, fr. tren]chier to cut : a long cut in the ground or a similar 
   depression in an ocean floor : (MDITCH; specif : one used for military 
   defense often with the excavated dirt thrown up in front
2. trench vt 1: to make a cut in : CARVE  2a: to protect with or as if with 
   a trench  2b: to cut a trench in : DITCH  1: to come close : VERGE  2: to 
   dig a trench