trench
noun
a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
will trench
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future tenseof trench.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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What I shall have to say in these pages will trench but little on the mooted ground of the differences between men and women.
From Doctor and Patient by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
Yea, but a little charge will trench him here, And on this north side win this cape of land; And then he runneth straight and evenly.
From King Henry IV, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William
