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Retains
- verb - allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "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"
- hold back within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water"
- 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"
Retakes
- noun - a shot or scene that is photographed again
- capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"
- photograph again; "Please retake that scene"
- take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"
Retards
- noun - a person of subnormal intelligence
- be delayed
- cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"
- lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
- slow the growth or development of;
Retches
- noun -
- an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
Retells
- verb - make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel"
- render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"
- to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
Reticks
- verb - sew; "tick a mattress"
Retires
- verb - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
- cause to be out on a fielding play
- cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
- dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat"
- go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
- lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
- make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"
- prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
- pull back or move away or backward;
- withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
- withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
Retools
- verb - provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
- revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town's economy"
Retorts
- noun - a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);
- a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- answer back
- replied sharply and angrily
Retries
- verb - hear or try a court case anew