different between trench vs depression
trench
English
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trenche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Noun
trench (plural trenches)
- A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
- (military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
- (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
- (informal) A trench coat.
- 1999, April 24, Xiphias Gladius <[email protected]>, "Re: trenchcoat mafia", ne.general.selected, Usenet:
- I was the first person in my high school to wear a trench and fedora constantly, and Ben was one of the first to wear a black trench.
- 2007, Nina Garcia, The Little Black Book of Style, HarperCollins, as excerpted in Elle, October, page 138:
- A classic trench can work in any kind of weather and goes well with almost anything.
- 1999, April 24, Xiphias Gladius <[email protected]>, "Re: trenchcoat mafia", ne.general.selected, Usenet:
Derived terms
Related terms
- tranche
Translations
Verb
trench (third-person singular simple present trenches, present participle trenching, simple past and past participle trenched)
- (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwoods, page 68:
- 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.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- 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?
- 1949, Charles Austin Beard, American Government and Politics, page 16:
- He could make what laws he pleased, as long as those laws did not trench upon property rights.
- 2005, Carl von Clausewitz, J. J. Graham, On War, page 261:
- [O]ur ideas, therefore, must trench upon the province of tactics.
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwoods, page 68:
- (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
- Advanc'd upon the field there stood a mound
Of earth congested, wall'd , and trench'd around
- Advanc'd upon the field there stood a mound
- (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
- To have direction; to aim or tend.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
- the reason and consequence thereof may trench to point of estate
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
- To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
- To cut furrows or ditches in.
- To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
French
Etymology
From English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??nt?/
Noun
trench m (plural trenchs)
- trench coat
Italian
Etymology
From English trench coat.
Noun
trench m (invariable)
- trench coat
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depression
English
Etymology
From Old French depression, from Latin depressio.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??p????n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??p???(?)n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation: de?pres?sion
Noun
depression (countable and uncountable, plural depressions)
- (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
- (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
- (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
- (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
- (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
- (economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
- The act of lowering or pressing something down.
- Depression of the lever starts the machine.
- (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
Related terms
- depress
- depressant
- depressing
- depressive
Translations
See also
- downturn
Further reading
- National Bureau of Economic Research on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- depression at OneLook Dictionary Search
- depression in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- depression in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- opensiders, personised, sideperson
Danish
Noun
depression c (singular definite depressionen, plural indefinite depressioner)
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Declension
Further reading
- “depression” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Noun
depression
- Genitive singular form of depressio.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
depression c
- depression (all meanings).
Declension
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- what depression looks like
- what depression does to the brain
- what depression do i have
- what depression looks like meme
- what depression medication is best for me
- what depression do i have quiz
- what depression feels like quotes
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