Plow |
Alt. of Plough |
n. |
Plow |
Alt. of Plough |
v. t. |
Plow |
Alt. of Plough |
v. i. |
Trench |
To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like. |
v. t. |
Trench |
To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench. |
v. t. |
Trench |
To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it. |
v. t. |
Trench |
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. |
v. t. |
Trench |
To encroach; to intrench. |
v. i. |
Trench |
To have direction; to aim or tend. |
v. i. |
Trench |
A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land. |
v. t. |
Trench |
An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like. |
v. t. |
Trench |
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. |
v. t. |
Trench-plough |
To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual. |
v. t. |