encroachment

«encroachment» in Mova's school dictionary: Slowly going into a place, time or right that belongs to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an encroachment, encroachments; encroachment, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Slowly going into a place, time or right that belongs to someone else, a little at a time. tree →

2) (law) Building or using land beyond your boundary onto someone else's land. tree →

3) (nature) The sea, a desert or towns slowly spreading over land. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography, coastal erosion and desert encroachment take land; in science, towns encroach on animals' habitats; in law and citizenship, encroachment on rights; in American football, a foul called encroachment; phrases: «encroachment on», «the encroachment of the sea».

examples

• The encroachment of the sea is eating away the cliffs. tree →
• Towns' encroachment on forests leaves animals with less space. tree →
• The neighbour's new fence was an encroachment on our garden. tree →
• Desert encroachment makes farming harder. tree →
• People protested against the encroachment on their rights. tree →
• Rising water caused the encroachment of salt into farmland. tree →

note

Verb: encroach («encroach on»). Pronounced en-KROHCH-ment. Formal word; simpler: creeping in, taking over.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «encroachment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.