Definitions
1.noun(heading, biological) Part of a body.
2.noun(heading) A container.
3.noun(heading) A channel for flow of some kind.
4.nounIn software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
5.nounThe main line or body of anything."the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches"
6.nounA large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
7.nounShorts used for swimming (swim trunks).
8.verbTo lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
9.verbTo extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.