See entrench on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-09-28:",
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"etymology_text": "From en- + trench. First attested in the 1550s.",
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"form": "entrenches",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "entrenching",
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"present"
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"en‧trench"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
"en:Archaeology",
"en:Construction"
],
"glosses": [
"To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.",
"To dig or excavate a trench; to trench."
],
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[
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[
"archaeology",
"archaeology"
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],
[
"trench",
"trench"
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],
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"(literally) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.",
"(construction, archaeology) To dig or excavate a trench; to trench."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"literally",
"transitive"
],
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"business",
"construction",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"manufacturing",
"sciences"
]
},
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{
"text": "The army entrenched its camp, or entrenched itself.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.",
"To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in."
],
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[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"trench",
"trench"
],
[
"dig in",
"dig in"
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],
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"(literally) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.",
"(military) To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"literally",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
"text": "It was this very sword entrenched it.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "His face\n Deep scars of thunder had entrenched.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon."
],
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"(literally) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"literally",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To become completely absorbed in and fully accept one's beliefs, even in the face of evidence against it and refusing to be reasoned with."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"To become completely absorbed in and fully accept one's beliefs, even in the face of evidence against it and refusing to be reasoned with."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive",
"transitive"
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{
"text": "Senator Cornpone was able to entrench by spending millions on each campaign.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew O'Hara, “Forward”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew O'Hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page 4:",
"text": "Given these entrenched ideological assumptions about the colonial order, it is no wonder that the state and those groups with an interest in the status quo viewed with suspicion and hostility any challenges to the fixed and \"natural\" boundaries between different sorts of people.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-09-28:",
"text": "For London to have its own exclusive immigration policy would exacerbate the sense that immigration benefits only certain groups and disadvantages the rest. It would entrench the gap between London and the rest of the nation. And it would widen the breach between the public and the elite that has helped fuel anti-immigrant hostility.",
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"glosses": [
"To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc."
],
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"establish",
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"(figuratively)",
"To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc."
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"figuratively",
"intransitive",
"transitive"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on or upon."
],
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[
"invade",
"invade"
],
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"encroach",
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"infringe",
"infringe"
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"trespass"
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"(figuratively)",
"To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on or upon."
],
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"figuratively",
"intransitive",
"transitive"
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{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛnˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ɛnˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"US"
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{
"rhymes": "-ɛntʃ"
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "dig",
"word": "trench"
},
{
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "dig in"
},
{
"sense": "establish a solid, firm financial position",
"word": "consolidate"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "intrench"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dig",
"word": "graven"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dig",
"word": "graben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dig",
"word": "ausheben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dig",
"word": "scavare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dig",
"word": "sterrare"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xramapatel",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "խրամապատել"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "挖掘壕沟"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "obehnat zákopem"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "ingraven"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "retrancher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "eingraben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "verschanzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "mit einen Graben umgeben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "trincerare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "fortificare"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "forskanse"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "entrincheirar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okapyvatʹ",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "окапывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okapyvatʹsja",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "окапываться"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obkopať"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "surround with a trench",
"word": "atrincherar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǒnggù",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "巩固"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zakotvit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zakořenit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "usadit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "usadit se"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "zich vestigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "Fuß fassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "etablieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "festigen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "rafforzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "consolidare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "cementare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "potenziare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "rinforzare"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "befeste"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "styrke"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "atrincherar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "establish financial position",
"word": "befästa"
}
],
"word": "entrench"
}
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