encroach

Speech parts

1. encroach - Noun

2. encroach - Verb

Meaning

To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway.

Encroachment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

trench infringe invade trespass entrench impinge close edge appropriate crash overlap interfere interrupt breach penetrate
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Antonyms

prevent avoid defend eliminate deny convey
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Hypernyms

advance progress trespass take advantage go on move on

Phrases with the word

encroach on

Derivatives

encroached encroaching

Anagrams

charneco Cochrane Conacher

Examples

This impinges on my rights as an individual Source: Internet

This matter entrenches on other domains Source: Internet

Although initially reluctant to assist lest it encourage other mercenary groups to mutiny, Rome was unwilling to see Carthaginian power spread further over Sicily and encroach on Italy. Source: Internet

“Biologists are watching closely as the blazes encroach on old-growth redwood trees in Northern and Central California, where some giants are more than 1,000 years old and are known by individual names,” Source: Internet

Exactly when the royal lodgings began to encroach from the White Tower into the innermost ward is uncertain, although it had happened by the 1170s. Source: Internet

Handles made of shock-absorbing materials or varying angles attempt to make it easier for the user to continue to wield this age-old device, even as nail guns and other powered drivers encroach on its traditional field of use. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

encrinurid encrinus encrisped encroach on encroach upon encroacher