Advertisement
Advertisement
encroaching
[ en-kroh-ching ]
adjective
- advancing beyond proper, accepted, or usual limits; making gradual inroads into or onto something:
We cleared out the encroaching weeds along the edge of the driveway and trimmed the plantain trees.
- trespassing on the property, domain, or rights of another, especially stealthily or gradually:
The hill forts in the British Isles were probably built by the native Britons to defend themselves against encroaching enemy tribes.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ··Dz·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of encroaching1
Example Sentences
“We’ve created islands of habitat fragmentation with our roadways and housing encroaching deeper and deeper into the wild urban interface, and now we’re fixing this problem by using human ingenuity for good purposes.”
With crackling pastoral language and thematic Lynchian undertones, “Swamplandia!” probed the growing tension in Russell’s home state of Florida between an endangered fecund wilderness and encroaching development.
“I feel really sorry for this bear. I know we’re encroaching on their territory, so I’m sympathetic to that,” he said.
The nature of the encroachment upon the American Constitution is such as to grow every day more and more encroaching.
Deputies had worked through the night, on streets lit only by the menacing glow of encroaching flames.
Advertisement
Related 51Թs
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse