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INTRENCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intrench mean?
• INTRENCH (verb)
The verb INTRENCH has 1 sense:
1. fix firmly or securely
Familiarity information: INTRENCH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they intrench ... he / she / it intrenches
Past simple: intrenched
Past participle: intrenched
-ing form: intrenching
... he / she / it intrenches Past simple: intrenched
Past participle: intrenched
-ing form: intrenching
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fix firmly or securely
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
entrench; intrench
Hypernyms (to "intrench" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
She was too firmly intrenched in the established to have any sympathy with revolutionary ideas.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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