Definitions:

1. cut or carve deeply into verb
   • letters trenched into the stone
2. dig a trench or trenches verb
   • The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench
3. fortify by surrounding with trenches verb
   • They trenched their military camp.
4. set, plant, or bury in a trench verb
   • trench the fallen soldiers

Synonyms:

• deep
• ditch
• encroach
• entrench
• impinge

NearBy Words:

• trenchancy
• trenchant
• trenchantly
• trencher
• trencherman