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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 securelyplay

  Familiarity information: INTRENCH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTRENCH (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they intrench  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it intrenches  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: intrenched  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: intrenched  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: intrenching  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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