encroaching : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: encroaching	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for encroaching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
encroaching adj gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters" Synonym(s): encroaching(a), invasive, trespassing(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Encroach \Encroach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Encroached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encroaching}.] [OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F. accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L. in) + F. croc hook. See {Crook}, and cf. {Accroach}.] 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.