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)

• Learn
• be impressed
• be studious
• be mindful

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
• WHURRY
  To whisk along quickly; to hurry. Whurrying the chariot with them to the shore. Vicars.
• HALF-LEARNED
  Imperfectly learned.
• 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.