[{"word":"trenching","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To have direction; to aim or tend.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cut furrows or ditches in.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to trench land for the purpose of draining it"},{"definition":"To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to trench a garden for certain crops"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The excavation of a trench.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Trenchant","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trench","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trenching"]}]