"entrench" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ɛnˈtɹɛntʃ\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-entrench.wav Forms: to entrench [infinitive], entrenches [present, third-person, singular], entrenched [preterite], entrenched [participle, past], entrenching [participle, present]
  1. Creuser ou excaver une tranchée.
    Sense id: fr-entrench-en-verb-p9vT9IN3 Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la construction, Lexique en anglais de l’archéologie Topics: archeology, construction
  2. Retrancher.
    Sense id: fr-entrench-en-verb-OCLOQ3RY Categories (other): Lexique en anglais du militaire Topics: military
  3. Établir ou asseoir une position importante ou avantageuse en affaires, en politique, etc. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-entrench-en-verb-BQiqny0h Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    "Dérivé de trench, avec le préfixe en-."
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