trench – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of trench

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to trench
Participle: trenched
Gerund: trenching

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itrench
youtrench
he;she;ittrenches
wetrench
youtrench
theytrench

Perfect

Ihave trenched
youhave trenched
he;she;ithas trenched
wehave trenched
youhave trenched
theyhave trenched

Past

Itrenched
youtrenched
he;she;ittrenched
wetrenched
youtrenched
theytrenched

Pluperfect

Ihad trenched
youhad trenched
he;she;ithad trenched
wehad trenched
youhad trenched
theyhad trenched

Future

Iwill trench
youwill trench
he;she;itwill trench
wewill trench
youwill trench
theywill trench

Future Perfect

Iwill have trenched
youwill have trenched
he;she;itwill have trenched
wewill have trenched
youwill have trenched
theywill have trenched

Subjunctive

Present

Itrench
youtrench
he;she;ittrench
wetrench
youtrench
theytrench

Perfect

Ihave trenched
youhave trenched
he;she;ithave trenched
wehave trenched
youhave trenched
theyhave trenched

Imperfect

Itrenched
youtrenched
he;she;ittrenched
wetrenched
youtrenched
theytrenched

Pluperfect

Ihad trenched
youhad trenched
he;she;ithad trenched
wehad trenched
youhad trenched
theyhad trenched

Conditional

Present

Iwould trench
youwould trench
he;she;itwould trench
wewould trench
youwould trench
theywould trench

Perfect

Iwould have trenched
youwould have trenched
he;she;itwould have trenched
wewould have trenched
youwould have trenched
theywould have trenched

Imperative

youtrench
weLet's trench
youtrench

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam trenching
youare trenching
he;she;itis trenching
weare trenching
youare trenching
theyare trenching

Perfect

Ihave been trenching
youhave been trenching
he;she;ithas been trenching
wehave been trenching
youhave been trenching
theyhave been trenching

Past

Iwas trenching
youwere trenching
he;she;itwas trenching
wewere trenching
youwere trenching
theywere trenching

Pluperfect

Ihad been trenching
youhad been trenching
he;she;ithad been trenching
wehad been trenching
youhad been trenching
theyhad been trenching

Future

Iwill be trenching
youwill be trenching
he;she;itwill be trenching
wewill be trenching
youwill be trenching
theywill be trenching

Future Perfect

Iwill have been trenching
youwill have been trenching
he;she;itwill have been trenching
wewill have been trenching
youwill have been trenching
theywill have been trenching

Conditional

Present

Iwould be trenching
youwould be trenching
he;she;itwould be trenching
wewould be trenching
youwould be trenching
theywould be trenching

Perfect

Iwould have been trenching
youwould have been trenching
he;she;itwould have been trenching
wewould have been trenching
youwould have been trenching
theywould have been trenching

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'trench'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'trench'

drench, french, French, tranch, wrench, areach, bench, betrench, blench, branch,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1386, "track cut through a wood," later "long, narrow ditch" (1489), from O.Fr. trenche "a slice, ditch" (1288), from trenchier "to cut," possibly from V.L. *trincare, from L. truncare "to cut or lop off" (see truncate). Trenches for military protection are first so called c.1500. Trench warfare first attested 1918. Trench-coat first recorded 1916, a type of coat worn by British officers in the trenches.
2. Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trenche. Doublet of tranche and traunch. Possible doublet of English: truncate

Verbs referencing "trench"

English retrench.

Sample Sentences

  • Shee is the Judge, Thou Executioner, Or if thou needs would'st trench upon her power, Thou mightst have yet enjoy'd thy crueltie, With some more thrift, and more varietie. [1640, Ben Jonson, Underwoods, page 68:]
  • Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon the prerogative of the divine nature? [1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:]
  • He could make what laws he pleased, as long as those laws did not trench upon property rights. [1949, Charles Austin Beard, American Government and Politics, page 16:]
  • [O]ur ideas, therefore, must trench upon the province of tactics. [2005, Carl von Clausewitz, J. J. Graham, On War, page 261:]
  • No more shall trenching war channel her fields. [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:]
  • Advanc'd upon the field there stood a mound
  • Of earth congested, wall'd , and trench'd around [1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “(please specify the book of the Iliad or chapter quoted from)”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:]
  • the reason and consequence thereof may trench to point of estate [1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Judicature”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:]
  • The wide wound that the boar had trenched / In his soft flank. [1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC:]
  • This weak impress of love is as a figure / Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat
  • Dissolves to water, and doth lose its form. [c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:]
  • to trench land for the purpose of draining it
  • to trench a garden for certain crops