trench

Sense 1 noun

a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

Sense 2 verb

impinge or infringe upon

This impinges on my rights as an individual

Sense 3 noun

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

Sense 4 verb

fortify by surrounding with trenches

He trenched his military camp

Sense 5 noun

any long ditch cut in the ground

Sense 6 verb

cut or carve deeply into

letters trenched into the stone

Sense 7 verb

set, plant, or bury in a trench

trench the fallen soldiers

Sense 8 verb

cut a trench in, as for drainage

ditch the land to drain it

Sense 9 verb

dig a trench or trenches

The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench