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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. entrenches: Merriam-Webster
  2. entrenches: Collins English Dictionary
  3. entrenches: Vocabulary.com
  4. entrenches: Wordnik
  5. entrenches: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. entrenches: Wiktionary
  7. entrenches: Dictionary.com
  8. entrenches: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. entrenches: Legal dictionary

(Note: See entrench as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (entrench)

verb:  (literally) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
verb:  (construction, archaeology) To dig or excavate a trench; to trench.
verb:  (military) To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.
verb:  (figuratively)
verb:  To become completely absorbed in and fully accept one's beliefs, even in the face of evidence against it and refusing to be reasoned with.
verb:  To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc.
verb:  To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on or upon.
▸ Also see entrench


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