英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Trenail
(n.)
Same as Treenail.
Trench
(v. t.)
To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by
incision, hewing, or the like.
Trench
(v. t.)
To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or
breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.
Trench
(v. t.)
To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the
purpose of draining it.
Trench
(v. t.)
To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging
parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next;
as, to trench a garden for certain crops.
Trench
(v. i.)
To encroach; to intrench.
Trench
(v. i.)
To have direction; to aim or tend.
Trench
(v. t.)
A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench
for draining land.
Trench
(v. t.)
An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods,
shrubbery, or the like.
Trench
(v. t.)
An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of
covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term
includes the parallels and the approaches.
Trench-plough
(v. t.)
To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of
loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.
Trench-plow
(v. t.)
Alt. of Trench-plough
Trenchand
(a.)
Trenchant.
Trenchant
(v. t.)
Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
Trenchant
(v. t.)
Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
Trenchantly
(adv.)
In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely.
Trenched
(imp. & p. p.)
of Trench
Trencher
(v. t.)
One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
Trencher
(v. t.)
A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
Trencher
(v. t.)
The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.