Dig and Trench

Dig

Dig verb - To hollow out or form (something) by removing earth.

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Trench and dig are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trench" instead the word "Dig" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: digging, digged

Trench verb - Cut a trench in, as for drainage.

Usage example: trench the fields

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Dig and trench are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dig" instead the word "Trench" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: trenchant, trenched, trencher, trenching

particular	particular dig	particular trench
common	common dig	common trench
ordinary	ordinary dig	ordinary trench
single	single dig	single trench
Other adjectives: open, massive, black, abandoned, last.

Gacy later killed one of those employees, Gregory Godzik, and threw him in the trench that Godzik had helped dig.

Source: Dig Your Own Grave
Hinzelman of American Gods tells one of his tall tales about how, when it got cold enough, his great-grandfather would dig a trench and give his wife, children and hired help a drink of herbs, then freeze them and bury them in the trench and dig them up in spring.

Source: Harmless Freezing
According to The Other Wiki, the short-handled trench spade made such an effective weapon that Soviet Spetsnaz carried them even though they were generally never called upon to dig trenches.

Source: Shovel Strike