encroach

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

en·croach [encroach encroaches encroached encroaching] BrE [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ] NAmE [ɪnˈkroʊtʃ] verb (formal)
1. intransitive ~ (on/upon sth) (disapproving)to begin to affect or use up too much of sb's time, rights, personal life, etc
•I won't encroach on your time any longer.
•He never allows work to encroach upon his family life.
2. intransitive ~ (on/upon sth) to slowly begin to cover more and more of an area
•The growing town soon encroached on the surrounding countryside.
•the encroaching tide (= that is coming in)
Derived Word: ↑encroachment
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘obtain unlawfully, seize’; formerly also as incroach): from Old French encrochier ‘seize, fasten upon’, from en- ‘in, on’ + crochier (from croc ‘hook’, from Old Norse krókr).

Example Bank:
•Gradually the negative feelings encroached into her work.
•I won't encroach on your time any longer.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  impinge, entrench, trench, infringe