RETRENCH
\ɹɪtɹˈɛnt͡ʃ], \ɹɪtɹˈɛntʃ], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_tʃ]\
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To cut off; to pare away.
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To confine; to limit; to restrict.
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To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
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To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
By Oddity Software
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To cut off; to pare away.
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To confine; to limit; to restrict.
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To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
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To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).