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- ENCROACH Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Encroach carries the meaning of "intrude," both in terms of privilege and property The word can also hop over legal barriers to describe a general advancement beyond desirable or normal limits (such as a hurricane that encroaches on the mainland)
- ENCROACHING Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
ENCROACHING definition: advancing beyond proper, accepted, or usual limits; making gradual inroads into or onto something See examples of encroaching used in a sentence
- ENCROACH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
ENCROACH definition: to take control or possession of something in a gradual way and often without being noticed: Learn more
- Encroach - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
To encroach is to overstep your bounds, to take over space or rights that belong to another, like your brother whose mess always encroaches on your side of the room you share The verb encroach comes from the Old French word encrochier, meaning “seize, fasten on, catch with a hook ”
- ENCROACH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual
- Encroaching - definition of encroaching by The Free Dictionary
1 To take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily: encroach on a neighbor's land 2 To advance beyond proper or former limits: desert encroaching upon grassland 3 Football To commit encroachment
- encroach verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
[intransitive] encroach (on upon something) to slowly begin to cover more and more of an area The growing town soon encroached on the surrounding countryside
- ENCROACHING Synonyms Antonyms - 29 words | Thesaurus. com
Find 29 different ways to say ENCROACHING, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus com
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