trench
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
Types & categories
- ditch hypernym
- approach trench hyponym
- fire trench hyponym
- moat hyponym
- slit trench hyponym
Parts & wholes
- entrenchment part holonym
Related & opposite
- trench derivation
Sense 2 verb
impinge or infringe upon
This impinges on my rights as an individual
Types & categories
- trespass hypernym
Related & opposite
- impingement derivation
- striking derivation
Sense 3 noun
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
Types & categories
- natural depression hypernym
- Atacama Trench instance hyponym
- Bougainville Trench instance hyponym
- Japan Trench instance hyponym
- Nares Deep instance hyponym
Sense 4 verb
fortify by surrounding with trenches
He trenched his military camp
Types & categories
- fort hypernym
Related & opposite
- trench derivation
Sense 5 noun
any long ditch cut in the ground
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
cut or carve deeply into
letters trenched into the stone
Types & categories
- cut hypernym
Related & opposite
- trencher derivation
Sense 7 verb
set, plant, or bury in a trench
trench the fallen soldiers
Types & categories
- put hypernym
Related & opposite
- trench derivation
Sense 8 verb
cut a trench in, as for drainage
ditch the land to drain it
Types & categories
- hollow hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 verb
dig a trench or trenches
The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench
Types & categories
- dig hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trench |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | entrenchment |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ditch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | approach trench |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire trench |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | moat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slit trench |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impingement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | striking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | trespass |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural depression |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Atacama Trench |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bougainville Trench |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Japan Trench |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Nares Deep |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trench |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fort |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | trench |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | trench |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | trench |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ditch |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | furrow |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | trencher |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | trench |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | ditch |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | trench |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | ditch |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | trencher |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | hollow |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | trench |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | trencher |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | dig |