Definitions of encroach [ɛnˈkroʊtʃ]

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Definition of 'encroach'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) encroach
to advance beyond established or proper limits; make gradual inroads.

2. encroach
to trespass upon the property, domain, or rights of another, esp. gradually or stealthily.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < AF encrocher, OF encrochier to catch hold of, seize =en-en -¹+-crochier, v. der. of croc hook < Gmc)

Definition of 'encroach'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) encroach, infringe, impinge
advance beyond the usual limit

2. (verb) impinge, encroach, entrench, trench
impinge or infringe upon
"This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

Definition of 'encroach'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) encroach
encroachment

2. (verb) 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

Translation of 'encroach'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to advance into; invade to encroach on someone's land/rights.
Afrikaans: inbreuk maak (op)	Arabic: يَتَعَدّى	Bulgarian: нахлувам
Brazilian: invadir	Czech: proniknout (do); zasáhnou	German: unbefugt eindringen
Danish: trænge ind på; gøre indgr	Greek: καταπατώ	Spanish: invadir, usurpar
Estonian: sisse tungima, (õigustess	Farsi: تجاوز کردن؛ تعدی کردن	Finnish: tunkeutua
French: empiéter sur	Hebrew: לְהָסִיג גְבוּל	Hindi: दूसरे का अधिकार दबा बैठना
Croatian: nasrnuti	Hungarian: beavatkozik; betolakodik	Indonesian: menyerang
Icelandic: seilast inná	Italian: invadere, usurpare	Japanese: 侵入する
Korean: 침략하다	Lithuanian: įsibrauti, kėsintis	Latvian: ielauzties (svešā teritor
Malay: menyerang	Dutch: inbreuk maken op	Norwegian: trenge (seg) inn på, inva
Polish: wtargnąć, naruszyć	Persian: تجاوز کردن؛ تعدی کردن	Pashto: ورو ورولاندى كول يا نيول:
Portuguese: invadir	Romanian: a (în)călca	Russian: посягать на;вторгаться
Slovak: preniknúť (do); zasiahnuť	Slovenian: posegati	Serbian: prisvajati
Swedish: inkräkta, göra intrång	Thai: ละเมิดสิทธิ	Turkish: tecavüz etmek, işgal etme
Taiwanese: 侵佔，侵犯	Ukrainian: вдиратися; вторгатися	Urdu: قبضہ جمانا
Vietnamese: xâm phạm	Chinese: 侵占，侵犯
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