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Noun

S: (n) trench (a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth)
S: (n) trench, deep, oceanic abyss (a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor)
S: (n) trench (any long ditch cut in the ground)

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Verb

S: (v) impinge, encroach, entrench, trench (impinge or infringe upon) "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
S: (v) trench (fortify by surrounding with trenches) "He trenched his military camp"
S: (v) trench (cut or carve deeply into) "letters trenched into the stone"

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S: (v) cut (separate with or as if with an instrument) "Cut the rope"

S: (v) manicure (trim carefully and neatly) "manicure fingernails"
S: (v) scissor (cut with or as if with scissors)
S: (v) plane, shave (cut or remove with or as if with a plane) "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
S: (v) slice, slice up (cut into slices) "Slice the salami, please"
S: (v) pink (cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing)
S: (v) jag (cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge)
S: (v) carve, cut up (cut to pieces) "Father carved the ham"
S: (v) carve (form by carving) "Carve a flower from the ice"
S: (v) carve, chip at (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface) "carve one's name into the bark"
S: (v) cube, dice (cut into cubes) "cube the cheese"
S: (v) julienne (cut into long thin strips) "julienne the potatoes"
S: (v) chop, hack (cut with a hacking tool)
S: (v) undercut (cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall)
S: (v) hack (cut away) "he hacked his way through the forest"
S: (v) chop, chop up (cut into pieces) "Chop wood"; "chop meat"
S: (v) fell, drop, strike down, cut down (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow) "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
S: (v) nick, chip (cut a nick into)
S: (v) nick, snick (cut slightly, with a razor) "The barber's knife nicked his cheek"
S: (v) chip, knap, cut off, break off (break a small piece off from) "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
S: (v) pare, trim (remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size) "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
S: (v) circumcise (cut the skin over the clitoris)
S: (v) furrow, chamfer, chase (cut a furrow into a columns)
S: (v) indent (cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication) "indent the documents"
S: (v) mortise, mortice (cut a hole for a tenon in)
S: (v) mow, cut down (cut with a blade or mower) "mow the grass"
S: (v) shear (cut or cut through with shears) "shear the wool off the lamb"
S: (v) slash, gash (cut open) "she slashed her wrists"
S: (v) slash, cut down (cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete)
S: (v) tap (cut a female screw thread with a tap)
S: (v) hob (cut with a hob)
S: (v) bore, drill (make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool) "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
S: (v) nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off (sever or remove by pinching or snipping) "nip off the flowers"
S: (v) dissect (cut open or cut apart) "dissect the bodies for analysis"
S: (v) bisect (cut in half or cut in two) "bisect a line"
S: (v) transect (cut across or divide transversely) "the trails transect the property"
S: (v) trisect (cut in three) "trisect a line"
S: (v) whittle, pare (cut small bits or pare shavings from) "whittle a piece of wood"
S: (v) chatter (cut unevenly with a chattering tool)
S: (v) cut away (remove by cutting off or away) "cut away the branch that sticks out"
S: (v) tomahawk (cut with a tomahawk)
S: (v) sabre, saber (cut or injure with a saber)
S: (v) rebate (cut a rebate in (timber or stone))
S: (v) cradle (cut grain with a cradle scythe)
S: (v) incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)
S: (v) trench (cut or carve deeply into) "letters trenched into the stone"
S: (v) dock, tail, bob (remove or shorten the tail of an animal)
S: (v) slit, slice (make a clean cut through) "slit her throat"
S: (v) saw (cut with a saw) "saw wood for the fireplace"
S: (v) discerp, sever, lop (cut off from a whole) "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
S: (v) chase (cut a groove into) "chase silver"
S: (v) bevel, chamfer (cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel) "bevel the surface"
S: (v) crosscut, cut across (cut using a diagonal line)
S: (v) rip (cut (wood) along the grain)

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S: (v) trench (set, plant, or bury in a trench) "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"
S: (v) trench, ditch (cut a trench in, as for drainage) "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"

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S: (v) trench (dig a trench or trenches) "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"