encroach
Meaning of encroach
verb
- intrude on (a person's territory, rights, personal life, etc.).
rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room
late Middle English (in the sense ‘obtain unlawfully, seize’; formerly also as incroach ): from Old French encrochier ‘seize, fasten upon’, from en- ‘in, on’ + crochier (from croc ‘hook’, from Old Norse krókr ).
Information about encroach
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Hyphenation of encroach
en-croach
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- encroach is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
encroach synonyms
Meaning infringe:
Meaning impinge:
Meaning enter with disruptive or adverse effect:
Meaning enter someone's land or property without permission:
Meaning become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way:
Meaning (of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it:
Meaning enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information:
Meaning stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process):
Meaning break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement):
Meaning interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of:
Meaning interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem:
Meaning enter (a party or other gathering) without an invitation or ticket:
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Words that rhyme with encroach
aircoach, coach, cocoach, daycoach, discoach, encoach, mailcoach, motorcoach, outcoach, overcoach, recoach, skycoach, slipcoach, slowcoach, stagecoach, tidecoach, uncoach, loach, Noach, poach, spoach, Roach, abroach, accroach, approach, broach, caroach, cockroach, counterapproach, proach, reapproach, rebroach, reproach, roach, turnbroach, windbroach, stoach
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