- contact, impinging, striking - the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
--1 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--1 has particulars:collision, hit; engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking; flick; impact; touch, touching Derived form: verb impinge1
- impinge, encroach, entrench, trench - impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"
--1 is one way to trespass, take advantage
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun impingement1, noun impinging1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- encroach, infringe, impinge - advance beyond the usual limit
--2 is one way to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP