"retain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

retain verbo

retain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 192
retain control • retain power • retain ownership • retain one's name • retain one's seat • retain one's position • retain one's status • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 39
(4) name, designation
Kolokacji: 2
(5) seat, belt, capital
Kolokacji: 3
(9) memory, sense, consciousness
Kolokacji: 3
2. retain characteristics = zachowaj charakterystyki retain characteristics
3. retain aspects = zachowaj aspekty retain aspects
4. retain one's texture = zachowywać czyjś tekstura retain one's texture
  • Vegetables, for instance, cook through while retaining their texture, color, taste and vitamins.
  • The carbohydrates give the tubers a tendency to become soft and mushy if boiled, but they retain their texture better when steamed.
  • Can you provide any recipes for cooking melons that retain their flavor and, hopefully, their texture?
  • They can be boiled and even after cooking, they retain their crunchy texture.
  • However, if it happens to set for more than a few hours, then you will need to apply water very liberally as needed to retain its soft texture.
  • How nice that the pesto isn't ground into paste, but retains its texture.
  • In order for the hide to retain its pliable velvety texture even after washing, it had to go through another process.
  • This allows the vegetables to retain their texture.
  • It retains its firm but unctuously buttery texture.
  • The well-preserved integument has retained its texture, and researchers have mapped it in three dimensions.
(13) water, sound, leverage, sodium
Kolokacji: 4
(15) influence, grip, support
Kolokacji: 3
(16) independence, autonomy
Kolokacji: 2
(17) heat, wall, building, warmth
Kolokacji: 4
(18) link, service, contact, weapon
Kolokacji: 4
(20) right, access, privilege
Kolokacji: 3
(28) strength, energy, momentum
Kolokacji: 3
(31) respect, affection
Kolokacji: 2
(32) Ash, deal
Kolokacji: 2
(34) crown, trophy, reputation
Kolokacji: 3
(36) design, layout
Kolokacji: 2
(37) sanity, focus, clarity
Kolokacji: 3
(38) stability, rule, restriction
Kolokacji: 3
(39) nutrient, law, provision
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + retain
Kolokacji: 16
manage to retain • allow to retain • want to retain • try to retain • help retain • ...
retain + preposición
Kolokacji: 33
retain until • retain by • retain under • retain despite • retain for • ...
retain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 23
successfully retain • largely retain • initially retain • generally retain • somehow retain • ...

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