All retain antonyms
reΒ·tain
R r verb retain
- lotted β one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- forward β toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- intrusted β entrust.
- cull β If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
- fly in the face of β to move through the air using wings.
- export β A commodity, article, or service sold abroad.
- disannul β to annul utterly; make void: to disannul a contract.
- go along with β permit, consent to
- knuckling β Present participle of knuckle.
- carry off β If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
- jettison β to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- disclaim β to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- lotting β one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- ditch β a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- dichotomize β to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
- knock off β an act or instance of knocking.
- annul β If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- achieve β If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- fly the coop β an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- dispose of β to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- deal β If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
- doled β a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- kiss off β an act or instance of kissing.
- branched β a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- factoring β one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- lock out β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- doling β a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- gifting β something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- do the trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- dichotomized β Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomize Having been divided into dichotomous parts.
- flipflop β Alternative form of flip-flop.
- get the hook β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- carry through β If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.
- fetch β to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
- let off steam β a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
- eat humble pie β humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- branching β the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
- disject β to scatter; disperse.
- allot β If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
- divaricating β Present participle of divaricate.
- dump β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- yoyo β a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- address β Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- leave alone β separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- welling β a hole drilled or bored into the earth to obtain water, petroleum, natural gas, brine, or sulfur.
- divaricate β to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- blot out β If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- make over β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.