'Encroaching' definitions:
Definition of 'encroaching'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters" [syn: encroaching(a), invasive, trespassing(a)]
Definition of 'Encroaching'
From: GCIDE
- Encroach \En*croach"\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. --Dryden.
- Syn: To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass. [1913 Webster]