retain - Wordage.info - Free Thesaurus Tool for Word Discovery - Expanded Thesaurus, Reverse Dictionary Lookup

Exact Match:

retain: keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"; secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"; allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"

Synonyms:

Related Words:

immobilize collapse: cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"; convert (assets) into fixed capital; make defenseless; hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital

perpetuate collapse: cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"

memorize collapse: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

keep going collapse

lock in collapse: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"; close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!"

keep alive collapse

bear in mind collapse

keep in mind collapse

have in mind collapse

own collapse: have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

brood over collapse

remind collapse: put in the mind of someone; "Remind me to call Mother"

recollect collapse

ballast collapse: any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship; an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps; an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings; coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads; make steady with a ballast

lengthen collapse: become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"; make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"

dwell on collapse: delay

nail down collapse: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

stabilize collapse: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"; become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"

retrospect collapse: contemplation of things past; "in retrospect"

sign up collapse: join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes"

transfix collapse: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

prolong collapse: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"; lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

sign on collapse

protract collapse

remember collapse: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"; keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!"; recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"; exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others"; mention favourably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers"; show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will"

pin down collapse: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"; attach with or as if with a pin; "pin up a picture"

husband collapse: a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

enlist collapse: join the military; engage somebody to enter the army

revoke collapse: the mistake of not following suit when able to do so; annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"; fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

conserve collapse: fruit preserved by cooking with sugar; preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"; use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"; keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"; keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process"

cling collapse: fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit; hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"; come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"; to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."

cherish collapse

lay by collapse

withhold collapse: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"; retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

bespeak collapse: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

put aside collapse

detain collapse

employ collapse

possess collapse: have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"; enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her"

keep up collapse: prevent from going to bed at night; "The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night"; "I kept myself up all night studying for the exam"; keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies"; maintain a required pace or level; "He could not keep up and dropped out of the race"

last

Wordage.info

the free tool for word discovery

Exact Match:

Synonyms:

Related Words: