Word: retrench
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: re
trench
Definition: To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.
Morphemes:
Affix: re-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: back, backwards
Affix: trench
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: trenche
Language: fro
Decoded: trenche
PoS: Noun
Meaning: trench (manmade ditch)