inroad : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inroad	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for inroad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inroad n an encroachment or intrusion; "they made inroads in the United States market" an invasion or hostile attack
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inroad \Inroad"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inroaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inroading}.] To make an inroad* into; to invade. [Obs.] The Saracens . . . conquered Spain, inroaded Aquitaine. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inroad \In"road`\, n. The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment. The loss of Shrewsbury exposed all North Wales to the daily inroads of the enemy. --Clarendon. With perpetual inroads to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal throne. --Milton. Syn: Invasion; incursion; irruption. See {Invasion}.