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• n  a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
• n  a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
• n  any long ditch cut in the ground
• v  impinge or infringe upon
  This matter entrenches on other domains
• v  fortify by surrounding with trenches
  He trenched his military camp
• v  cut or carve deeply into
  letters trenched into the stone
• v  set, plant, or bury in a trench
  trench the fallen soldiers
  trench the vegetables
• v  cut a trench in, as for drainage
  trench the fields
• v  dig a trench or trenches
  The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench

• The starting point for his collections is the trench coat that Thomas Burberry invented in 1890.
• Every designer's dream is to create something so stylish it transcends fashion and becomes a classic: the Gucci loafer, the Burberry trench coat, the Hermes bag.
• Hackney Fashion Part 1: The trench coat Rantinnravin's Blog Working, The Series-Taxi Driver Single for a Reason Obama Remembers Kennedy Swampland .

• deep
• oceanic abyss
• impinge
• encroach
• entrench
• ditch

News & Articles

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• Cement truck falls in construction trench in west Greeley
  A cement truck flipped on its side and into a construction trench near a west Greeley neighborhood this afternoon, causing a hectic couple of hours as crews called in a heavy tow truck to upright the 44-ton load.
  June 20, 2013 - Greeley Tribune
• Man pulled from collapsed trench in Leavenworth
  A man was trapped after a trench collapsed at a Leavenworth construction project.
  June 19, 2013 - KCTV 5 Kansas City
• Trench collapses in Queens; man rescued
  Emergency responders rescued a worker who was trapped when a trench collapsed Tuesday evening at a Queens construction site that was supposed to be closed.
  June 18, 2013 - FOX 5 New York

Quotes

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• Alvaro Uribe in CTV.ca
  I heed and respect the decision of the honourableconstitutional Court,Uribe said. "I have one wish: The wish to be able to serve Colombia from whatever trench, under whatever circumstance, until the last day of my life."
• Arlen Specter in International Herald Tribune
  It's going to be a rough ride,said Sen. Arlen Specter, a Republican architect of the bill. "We're in trench warfare."
• Serena Williams in ESPN
  You know, I absolutely love trench coats,Williams said. "Now I have a wonderful white coat I can wear on the court and also in New York for those rainy days. ...... It's ladylike and goes perfect with my personality. It's very light. It's...