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retrench | undefined |

As a verb retrench

is to cut down or reduce or retrench can be to dig or redig a trench where one already was.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

retrench

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) retrenchier, (etyl) retrancher; see (etyl) , and English trench.

Verb

(es)
  • To cut down or reduce.
  • * Denham
  • Thy exuberant parts retrench .
  • To abridge; to curtail.
  • * Milton
  • But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched .
  • To confine; to limit; to restrict.
  • (Addison)
  • * I. Taylor
  • These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation?
  • To furnish with a retrenchment (defensive work within a fortification).
  • to retrench bastions
  • To take up a new defensive position.
  • We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.
  • *2012 , The Economist, Private Equity: Keep Calm and Carry On
  • International firms could decide it is not cost-effective to keep open their other European offices and retrench to London.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (es)
  • To dig or redig a trench where one already was.
  • Anagrams

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    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
  • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined