retrench

  1. Verb.  To cut down or reduce something.
  2. Verb.  To dig or redig a trench where one already was.
  3. Verb.  To take up a new defensive position (from military term retrenchment).

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.