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Verb retrench has 2 senses
- retrench - tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
--1 is one way to conserve, husband, economize, economise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- retrench - make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"
--2 is one way to reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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