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    [Verb]  | "en*croach" | \ in-ˈkrōch \


    1: to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another

    2: to advance beyond the usual or proper limits


    Origin: 1528 ;

     Middle English encrochen to get, seize, from Anglo-French encrocher, from en- + croc, croche hook {mat|crochet|};

    [Verb]  | "encroaching" 


    1: to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits;


      * e.g., " ... each year the sea continues to encroach upon the island's beaches "



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    [Verb]  | "encroach" 


    1: to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits;


      * e.g., " ... each year the sea continues to encroach upon the island's beaches "



    •  Antonyms : 

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     [ "encroach" ]

    1: approaching or intruding, especially in a gradual or sneaking way; advancing beyond customary limits.

      * e.g.,  ... She began to encroach on Marisas sandwich. But marisa caught her in time. 

     [ "Encroachment" ]

    1: The act of encroachment refers to when someone is invading your space or your zone in an innapropriate way. Encroachment happens on all levels whether it's your older brother dropping game on your girlfriend, or when your roomates friend stays at your house for over a week and drinks all of your soymilk.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, i'd be way more comfortable chillin at my place if i didn't have multiple dudes there at any given moment. I might have to call them out on their encroachment and tell them to beat it. 


     [ "Encroachment" ]

    2: Note: When being encroached upon, one can throw a red flag or call a foul in order to identify and prevent any further damage which may be caused.

     [ "Encroach" ]

    1: Basically, to creep.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, don' be encroachin' on muh grill. 

     [ "seat encroacher" ]

    1: When you are sitting on an airplane and the person next to you is taller or fatter so parts of their body start to spread to your seay making you uncomfortable.

      * e.g.,  ... The obese woman's thigh was touching mine on the airplane. What a seat encroacher! I had to put a pillow next to the seat divider because the man's elbow were in my space. I hoped when his elbow touched the pillow he would stop being a seat encroacher. At the very least, he'd be touching the pillow and not me. 

     [ "Fart Time Encroachment" ]

    1: (noun) - The act of a fart encroaching on the exit, the exact moment when one is about to take Gas Relief medicine.

      * e.g.,  ... I was farting like an absolute menace, I tried to take some gas medicine, but that was no match for the short term fart time encroachment. 


     [ "Fart Time Encroachment" ]

    2: (verb) - A fart Jumping the gun when it realizes its demise is soon to come in the form of Gas Relief medicine.

     [ "Midnight Encroachment" ]

    1: When a child walks in on their parents having sex

      * e.g.,  ... When Bobby walked in on his parents having sex, it was classified as a Midnight Encroachment 

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