Associations to the word «Retrench»

RETRENCH, verb. To cut down or reduce.

RETRENCH, verb. To abridge; to curtail.

RETRENCH, verb. To confine; to limit; to restrict.

RETRENCH, verb. To furnish with a retrenchment (defensive work within a fortification).

RETRENCH, verb. To take up a new defensive position.

RETRENCH, verb. To dig or redig a trench where one already was.

RETRENCH, verb. Tighten one's belt; use resources carefully.

RETRENCH, verb. Make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench".