Word of the Day - April 14, 2025


ENCROACH

  • Advance gradually beyond usual or acceptable limits
  • Intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right)
  • is often followed by on or upon.
  • to advance beyond the proper limits [v ENCROACHED, ENCROACHES, ENCROACHING]
  • to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another.
  • to intrude on another's territory [v -ED, -ING, -ES]