Word Meanings - ENCROACH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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. No sense, faculty, or member must encroach
Additional info about word: ENCROACH
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. No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. South. Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker. Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden. Syn. -- To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass. (more info) a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F. accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- + F. croc hook. See Crook,
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENCROACH)
- Invade
- Attack
- assault
- encroach
- occupy
- assail
- violate
- encroach upon
- intrude upon
- infringe upon
- trench upon
- Press Urge
- crowd
- compel
- force
- squeeze
- crush
- compress
- express
- constrain
- hurry
- instigate
- inculcate
- impress
- throng
- lean
- weigh
- harass
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ENCROACH)
Related words: (words related to ENCROACH)
- FORCE
To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak. - ENCROACHER
One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own. - ASSAILMENT
The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson. - TRENCH-PLOW; TRENCH-PLOUGH
To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual. - ASSAILER
One who assails. - ASSAULTABLE
Capable of being assaulted. - HARASS
To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature - INVADE
1. To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state of life, out of the grisly shade. Spenser. 2. To enter with hostile intentions; to enter - CROWD
1. To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer. 2. To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us and crush us." Shak. 3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. The balconies and verandas - TRENCHER
1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches. 2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use. 3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food. It could be no ordinary declension of nature that could bring some men, after - INFRINGER
One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype. - LEARN
linon, for lirnon, OHG. lirnen, lernen, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l to teach, OS. lerian, OHG.leran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted ; all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. - HURRY-SKURRY
Confusedly; in a bustle. Gray. - CONSTRAINTIVE
Constraining; compulsory. "Any constraintive vow." R. Carew. - WEIGHTINESS
The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness. - WEIGHTILY
In a weighty manner. - IMPRESS
To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. Evelyn. (more info) pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to squeeze, and - PRESSIROSTRAL
Of or pertaining to the pressirosters. - PRESSIVE
Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. Bp. Hall. - INVADER
One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder. - COUNTER WEIGHT
A counterpoise. - REINFORCEMENT
See REëNFORCEMENT - HOTPRESSED
Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t. - DEFORCEOR
See DEFORCIANT - HALF-LEARNED
Imperfectly learned. - WHURRY
To whisk along quickly; to hurry. Whurrying the chariot with them to the shore. Vicars. - HOTPRESS
To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc. - SUPPRESSOR
One who suppresses. - INTHRONG
To throng or collect together. Fairfax. - WELTERWEIGHT
1. A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. 2. A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that - INCOMPRESSIBLE
Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n.