entrench
entrench
Definition
en·trench (en trenc̸h′, in-)
transitive verb
- to surround or fortify with a trench or trenches
- to establish securely: used in the passive voice or with a reflexive pronoun an official entrenched in office
- to cut down into, as by erosion, so as to form a trough or trench
intransitive verb
to encroach or infringe (on or upon)
en·trench′·ment noun
entrench
Synonyms
entrench
v.
entrench
Usage Examples
Object
- stability: The decision on the single currency should be taken on the basis of whether joining would entrench the stability or not.
- inequality: They violate freedom of religion enshrined in India's constitution and serve only to entrench communal inequality.
- tool: He doesn't know a shelter half from an entrenching tool.
- division: Supporters of integrated education say faith schools have entrenched religious division in the province, a claim rejected by Church leaders.
- democracy: But most Portuguese are instinctively pro-EU, aware of how membership since 1985 has helped to entrench democracy after four decades of dictatorship.
- attitude: In the case of the National Health Service very deeply entrenched emotional attitudes were disturbed.
Preposition: on
- bank: As the French still had not stirred the Imperialists advanced and entrenched on the opposite bank of the stream, only 40 meters away.
Adjective complement
- moneyed: Shop managers have and whose members even entrenched moneyed exceed the revenue.
Modifying Another Word
- firmly: We are still firmly entrenched in the modern era.
- deeply: Perhaps a better translation, without our deeply entrenched notions, would be ' count ' .
- strongly: No lust is too mighty, no besetting sin too strongly entrenched; we can overcome through the power of Christ.
- well: The test of remoteness was one well entrenched in common law.
- so: Why are Bromley Council so entrenched, and insensitive to public opinion?
- too: People are too entrenched in their current ways of working.
Preposition: in
- constitution: Rights, including rights of wildlife, are entrenched in the constitution.
- culture: How has he managed to do so in an industry entrenched in the long hours culture?
- society: You have to solve problems that are entrenched in society.
- position: Reverse role plays can be used to help people entrenched in one position think more flexibly.
- law: He also hoped that human rights could become civil rights entrenched in law.
- community: Enlisting the support of local people and services can break down the barriers to learning that have become so deeply entrenched in many communities.
Browse dictionary entries near entrench
- entremets
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- entre nous
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- entrepôt
- entrepreneur
- entresol
- entropy
- entrust
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- entry-level
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