To place in a secure environment.
To settle comfortably.
To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.
To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc.
To dig or excavate a trench; to trench.
To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on or upon.
To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
To become completely absorbed in and fully accept one's beliefs, even in the face of evidence against it and refusing to be reasoned with.