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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ditch, channel dug in earth |
| Synonyms: | arroyo, canal, cut, depression, dike, drain, drill, dugout, earthwork, entrenchment, excavation, fosse, foxhole, furrow, gorge, gulch, gully, gutter, hollow, main, moat, pit, rut, sink, trough, tube, waterway |
| Main Entry: | canal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterway |
| Synonyms: | aqueduct, bottleneck, channel, choke point, conduit, course, cove, ditch, duct, estuary, firth, trench, water, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | coat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal outerwear |
| Synonyms: | anorak, cape, cloak, cutaway, duffle coat, flogger, frock, greatcoat, jacket, mackinaw, mink, overcoat, pea, raincoat, slicker, suit, tails, threads, topcoat, trench, tux, tuxedo, ulster, windbreaker, wrap |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incision |
| Synonyms: | carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarification, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound |
| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons |
| Antonyms: | desertion, flight, surrender |
| Main Entry: | ditch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gulley |
| Synonyms: | canal, channel, chase, cut, dike, drain, excavation, furrow, gutter, mine, moat, trench, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | drain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel through which liquid runs off |
| Synonyms: | cesspool, cloaca, conduit, culvert, ditch, duct, outlet, pipe, sewer, sink, trench, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | encroach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invade another's property, business |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, arrogate, barge in, butt in, crash, elbow in, entrench, horn in, impinge, infringe, interfere, interpose, intervene, intrude, make inroads, meddle, muscle in, overstep, put two cents in, squeeze in, stick nose into, trench, trespass, usurp, work in, worm in |
| Antonyms: | keep off |
| Main Entry: | excavate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | burrow, cut, delve, empty, gouge, grub, hollow, mine, quarry, scoop, scrape, shovel, spade, trench, tunnel, uncover, unearth |
| Antonyms: | fill |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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