retrench
Meaning
- To cut down or reduce.
- To cut down or reduce.
- To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
- To abridge; to curtail.
- To take up a new defensive position.
- To live less expensively; to economize.
Synonyms
make smaller
nip off
cut down expenses
cut to
operate on
slice up
snip off
make economics
make short
reduce expenses
cut away
Translations
einschränken
réduire
azaltmak
cercenarHyphenated as
re‧trench
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/
Etymology
In summary
From Old French retranchier (“to get rid of, remove”) (modern French retrancher (“to cut out, take away; to cut off; to cut down”)), from re- (“suffix meaning ‘again’”) + tranchier, trenchier (“to cut”) (modern French trancher (“to slice”)); further etymology uncertain, but possibly either from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“cut in three parts”) (from the root trini from trēs (“three”), based on the model of duplicāre (“to double by dividing, split in two, tear”)), or from an alteration of Latin truncāre (“to maim by cutting off pieces; to truncate”), also possibly influenced by Gaulish *trincare (“to cut (the head)”). Compare English trench.
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