Tra từ retain - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

verb

1. hold back within (Freq. 2)
- This soil retains water
- I retain this drug for a long time
- the dam retains the water
• Derivationally related forms:
retentive
• Hypernyms:
hold, bear, carry, contain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature (Freq. 2)
- 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
- She retained her composure
- this garment retains its shape even after many washings
• Syn:
continue, keep, keep on
• Derivationally related forms:
continuation (for: continue)
• Hypernyms:
prolong, sustain, keep up
• Verb Group:
continue, persist in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. secure and keep for possible future use or application (Freq. 1)
- The landlord retained the security deposit
- I reserve the right to disagree
• Syn:
hold, keep back, hold back
• Derivationally related forms:
holding (for: hold), retention
• Hypernyms:
keep, hold on
• Hyponyms:
hold down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. keep in one's mind
- I cannot retain so much information
• Derivationally related forms:
retentive, retention
• Hypernyms:
remember, think of
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They won't retain the story