Толковый словарь английского языка - trench
Trench
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 ~
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n. & v. --n. 1 a long narrow usu. deep depression or ditch. 2 Mil. a this dug by troops to stand in and be sheltered from enemy fire. b (in pl.) a defensive system of these. 3 a long narrow deep depression in the ocean bed. --v. 1 tr. dig a trench or trenches in (the ground). 2 tr. turn over the earth of (a field, garden, etc.) by digging a succession of adjoining ditches. 3 intr. (foll. by on, upon) archaic a encroach. b verge or border closely. Phrases and idioms trench coat 1 a soldier's lined or padded waterproof coat. 2 a loose belted raincoat. trench fever a highly infectious disease transmitted by lice, that infested soldiers in the trenches in the war of 1914-18. trench mortar a light simple mortar throwing a bomb from one's own into the enemy trenches. trench warfare hostilities carried on from more or less permanent trenches. Etymology: ME f. OF trenche (n.) trenchier (v.), ult. f. L truncare TRUNCATE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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