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Definition retrench

Etymology 1

From Old French retranchier (“to get rid of, remove”) (modern French retrancher (“to cut out, take away; to cut off; to cut down”)), from re- (“suffix meaning ‘again’”) + tranchier, trenchier (“to cut”) (modern French trancher (“to slice”)); further etymology uncertain, but possibly either from Vulgar Latin *trinic?re (“cut in three parts”) (from the root trini from tr?s (“three”), based on the model of duplic?re (“to double by dividing, split in two, tear”)), or from an alteration of Latin trunc?re (“to maim by cutting off pieces; to truncate”), also possibly influenced by Gaulish *trincare (“to cut (the head)”). Compare English trench.

Verb

retrench (third-person singular simple present retrenches, present participle retrenching, simple past and past participle retrenched)

1. (transitive) To cut down or reduce.
   1. (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.
2. (transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
3. (transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
4. (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
5. (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
6. (intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.

Etymology 2

re- +‎ trench.

Verb

retrench (third-person singular simple present retrenches, present participle retrenching, simple past and past participle retrenched)

1. (transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.

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