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trench
A	noun
	1	trench
			a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚excavation; hole in the ground ╚ditch ╚trench ╚slit trench ╚moat; fosse ╚fire trench ╚approach trench; communication trench
	2	trench
			any long ditch cut in the ground
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚excavation; hole in the ground ╚ditch ╚trench ╚furrow
	3	trench, deep, oceanic abyss
			a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚natural object ╚geological formation; formation ╚natural depression; depression ╚trench, deep, oceanic abyss ╚Nares Deep ╚Japan Trench ╚Bougainville Trench ╚Atacama Trench
B	verb
	1	trench
			dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚empty ╚hollow; hollow out; core out ╚dig; dig out ╚trench
	2	trench, ditch
			cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
		Category Tree: remove; take; take away; withdraw ╚excavate; dig; hollow ╚trench, ditch
	3	trench
			set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚put; set; place; pose; position; lay ╚trench
	4	trench
			cut or carve deeply into; "letters trenched into the stone"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚cut ╚trench
	5	trench
			fortify by surrounding with trenches; "He trenched his military camp"
		Category Tree: touch; adjoin; meet; contact ╚surround; skirt; border ╚enclose; inclose; shut in ╚fortify; fort ╚trench
	6	impinge, encroach, entrench, trench
			impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
		Category Tree: use; utilize; utilise; apply; employ ╚exploit; work ╚use ╚trespass; take advantage ╚impinge, encroach, entrench, trench

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