📚 Retain, verb. 🔉 /rɪˈteɪn/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (with object): Absorb and continue to hold (a substance) ❗️ Examples: 1. Limestone is known to retain water. 2. Containers that have soils high in organic matter retain soil moisture longer than other growing media. 3. In the burning process most carbon, nitrogen and sulphur are lost in gaseous form, whereas phosphorus, potassium and calcium are retained in the ash. 4. The job was one that must be done every fall when the crops are in - removing the long strips of black plastic mulch that warms the soil, retains moisture, and stifles the weeds. 5. The more water a place retains throughout the year, the more complex an ecosystem it can support. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic