retaining meaning
EN- VerbBFretainSGretainsPT, PPretainedPREré-SUF-ing
- AdjectiveBFretain
- Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.
- Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Unpolished grains that retained their outer coating were a major lynchpin of his 'whole foods'-based diet.
- It has a structural fold termed GT-B and a retaining mechanism of glucose transfer giving an α-configuration of the growing polyglucan chain (http://www.cazy.org/ ).
- These blood-pool contrast agents theoretically lead to enhancement restricted to structures with an increased microvascularization and are not retained in the fibrous tissue [19 ].
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of retaining in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "retaining" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.