Retain: alternatives and connections

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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To support or sustain; to hold up.

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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To care; to desire.

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To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.

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To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.

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The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.

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Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

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Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

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The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

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The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

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To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To care; to desire.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.