retain : Idioms & Phrases

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retained object

  • noun an object in a passive construction
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Retaining wall

  • noun a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)
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  • (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place; called also retain wall.
Webster 1913