trenched
Cut deep grooves
Trenched is the past tense of trench, meaning dug or cut with trenches—long, narrow excavations in the ground.
Soldiers trenched defensive positions; workers trenched for pipes or cables.
The adjective describes something marked by or furnished with trenches: trenched fields, a heavily trenched battlefield.
Figuratively, something deeply entrenched may be described as trenched: trenched in tradition.
Removed earth by shoveling
- shovelTool for moving earth
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- channelPassage for transmission
ditch · groove · gutter · drain · irrigation · plowed · carved · hollowed
With steadfast resolve
- establishedFormally set up
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
- rootedFirmly established in place
- fixedRestored or immovable
embedded · deep-seated · unyielding · immovable · solidified · institutionalized · hardened · unchangeable
dug
Removed earth by shoveling
channel · ditch · groove · gutter · drain · irrigation · plowed · carved · hollowed · cut
firmly
With steadfast resolve
- establishedFormally set up
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
- rootedFirmly established in place
fixed · embedded · deep-seated · unyielding · immovable · solidified · institutionalized · hardened · unchangeable · permanent
foxhole
Military defensive excavation
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- no-man's-landUnclaimed disputed territory
- frontlineCombat's forward position
infantry · siege · sapper · artillery · garrison · parapet · rampart · redoubt · dugout · fortification
trenchedsurface
Outermost boundary layer
above ground · aboveground · unburied · on top · elevated
trenchedundisturbed
Free from interference
intact · unexcavated · undug · untouched · virgin
trenchedbackfilled
Returned soil to excavation
filled in · filled · unexcavated · undug · covered
- trench coatBelted, double-breasted raincoat
- in the trenchesEngaged in direct struggle
- trench warfareCombat from fortified ditches
- ocean trenchesDeepest seafloor depressions
- ocean trench
- trench footTissue damage from wetness
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