retain

v 1: hold on to [syn: {reserve}, {hold}]

2: hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug

for a long time"

3: allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue

several servants any longer" [syn: {continue}, {keep}, {keep

on}]

4: as to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"

[syn: {engage}]

5: keep in one's possession [syn: {hold}, {keep back}, {hold

back}]

6: keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"