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All retain antonyms

reΒ·tain
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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.
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