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Definition of retain
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of retain is as below...
Retain
(v. t.) To
continue
to hold; to keep in
possession;
not to lose, part with, or
dismiss;
to
retrain
from
departure,
escape,
or the
like..
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Retainal
::
Retainal
(n.) The act of
retaining;
retention.
Retainer
::
Retainer
(n.) The act of
keeping
dependents,
or the state of being in
dependence..
Livery
::
Livery
(n.) The
uniform
clothing
issued
by
feudal
superiors
to their
retainers
and
serving
as a badge when in
military
service.
That
::
That
(pron.,
a.,
conj.,
& adv.) As a
conjunction,
that
retains
much of its force as a
demonstrative
pronoun..
Retain
::
Retain
(v. t.) To
restrain;
to
prevent.
Spare
::
Spare (a.) To use
frugally
or
stintingly,
as that which is
scarce
or
valuable;
to
retain
or keep
unused;
to
save..
Dependent
::
Dependent
(n.) One who
depends;
one who is
sustained
by
another,
or who
relies
on
another
for
support
of
favor;
a
hanger-on;
a
retainer;
as, a
numerous
train of
dependents..
Pump
::
Pump (n.) An
hydraulic
machine,
variously
constructed,
for
raising
or
transferring
fluids,
consisting
essentially
of a
moving
piece or
piston
working
in a
hollow
cylinder
or other
cavity,
with
valves
properly
placed
for
admitting
or
retaining
the fluid as it is drawn or
driven
through
them by the
action
of the
piston..
Retinue
::
Retinue
(n.) The body of
retainers
who
follow
a
prince
or other
distinguished
person;
a train of
attendants;
a
suite.
Air Bladder
::
Air
bladder
() An air sac,
sometimes
double
or
variously
lobed,
in the
visceral
cavity
of many
fishes.
It
originates
in the same way as the lungs of
air-breathing
vertebrates,
and in the adult may
retain
a
tubular
connection
with the
pharynx
or
esophagus..
Larvalia
::
Larvalia
(n. pl.) An order of
Tunicata,
including
Appendicularia,
and
allied
genera;
-- so
called
because
certain
larval
features
are
retained
by them
through
life.
Called
also
Copelata.
See
Appendicularia..
Retainable
::
Retainable
(a.)
Capable
of being
retained.
Broad
::
Broad
(superl.)
Fig.:
Having
a large
measure
of any thing or
quality;
not
limited;
not
restrained;
--
applied
to any
subject,
and
retaining
the
literal
idea more or less
clearly,
the
precise
meaning
depending
largely
on the
substantive..
Federal
::
Federal
(a.)
Composed
of
states
or
districts
which
retain
only a
subordinate
and
limited
sovereignty,
as the Union of the
United
States,
or the
Sonderbund
of
Switzerland..
Continue
::
Continue
(v. t.) To
retain;
to
suffer
or cause to
remain;
as, the
trustees
were
continued;
also, to
suffer
to
live..
Retainer
::
Retainer
(n.) A fee paid to
engage
a
lawyer
or
counselor
to
maintain
a
cause,
or to
prevent
his being
employed
by the
opposing
party in the case; --
called
also
retaining
fee..
Keeper
::
Keeper
(n.) One who
retains
in
custody;
one who has the care of a
prison
and the
charge
of
prisoners.
Blanch
::
Blanch
(a.) To
whiten,
as the
surface
of meat, by
plunging
into
boiling
water and
afterwards
into cold, so as to
harden
the
surface
and
retain
the
juices..
Baleen
::
Baleen
(n.)
Plates
or
blades
of
whalebone,
from two to
twelve
feet long, and
sometimes
a foot wide, which in
certain
whales
(Balaenoidea)
are
attached
side by side along the upper jaw, and form a
fringelike
sieve by which the food is
retained
in the
mouth..
Steel
::
Steel (n.) A
variety
of iron
intermediate
in
composition
and
properties
between
wrought
iron and cast iron
(containing
between
one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of
carbon),
and
consisting
of an alloy of iron with an iron
carbide.
Steel,
unlike
wrought
iron, can be
tempered,
and
retains
magnetism.
Its
malleability
decreases,
and
fusibility
increases,
with an
increase
in
carbon..
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