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Found 3 items, similar to retaining.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: retain
menahan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: retaining
retaining
adj : designed for (usually temporary) retention;
“a holding pen”;
“a retaining wall” [syn:
holding]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Retaining
Retain
\Re*tain"\ (r[-e]*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Retained (r[-e]*t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Retaining.]
[F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re- re- + tenere to hold,
keep. See
Tenable, and cf.
Rein of a bridle,
Retention,
Retinue.]
1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose,
part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape,
or the like.
“Thy shape invisible retain.” --Shak.
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Be obedient, and retain
Unalterably firm his love entire. --Milton.
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An executor may retain a debt due to him from the
testator. --Blackstone.
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2. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to
hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.
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A Benedictine convent has now retained the most
learned father of their order to write in its
defense. --Addison.
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3. To restrain; to prevent. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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Retaining wall (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any
movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place;
-- called also
retain wall.
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Syn: To keep; hold; restrain. See
Keep.
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