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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Retract \Re*tract"\, v. i. 1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. [1913 Webster] 2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. [1913 Webster] She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. --Granville. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Retract \Re*tract"\ (r[-e]*tr[=a]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.] [F. r['e]tracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.] 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. [1913 Webster] 2. To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. [1913 Webster] I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] 3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] --Woodward. [1913 Webster] Syn: To recall; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Retract \Re*tract"\, n. (Far.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Retract \Re*tract"\, v. i. 1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. 2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. --Granville.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Retract \Re*tract"\, n. (Far.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Retract \Re*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.] [F. r['e]tracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.] 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. 2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] --Woodward. Syn: To recal; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Retract \Re*tract"\, n. Retreat. [Obs.] --Bacon.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
retract v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure, recant, forswear, resile] 2: pull away from a source of disgust or fear [syn: shrink back] 3: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) [syn: pull back, draw back] 4: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" [syn: draw in]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
retract vb. 1 (lb en transitive) 2 # To pull#Verb (something) back#Adverb or back inside#Preposition. 3 ## (lb en specifically zoology) To draw#Verb (an extended#Adjective body part) back into the body. 4 ##: (antonyms en extend protrude) 5 ##: (ux en A cat can '''retract''' its claws.) 6 # (lb en rare) To avert (one's eye#Noun or a gaze#Noun). 7 # (lb en phonetics) To pronounce (a sound#Noun, especially a vowel) farther to the back#Noun of the vocal tract. 8 # (lb en obsolete) To hold back (something); to restrain. 9 (lb en intransitive) To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw. n. 1 An act#Noun of retract#Verb or withdrawing (a mistake#Noun, a statement#Noun, etc.); a retraction. 2 A pull back, especially (lb en military) of an army or military#Adjective troop#Noun; a pullback, a retreat#Noun; also, a signal#Noun for this to be done. 3 (synonym of en retreat t=an act of accidentally injure injuring a horse#Noun horse's foot#Noun foot by incorrectly nail#Verb nailing it during shoe#Verb shoeing) vb. 1 (lb en transitive) 2 # To cancel#Verb or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour#Noun or grant#Noun previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke. 3 # To break#Verb or fail#Verb to keep#Verb (a promise#Noun, etc.); to renege. 4 # To take back or withdraw (something that has been say#Verb or write#Verb); to disavow, to repudiate. 5 # (lb en games) Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo#Verb (a move#Noun); specifically (lb en card games) to take back or withdraw (a card#Noun which has been play#Verb). 6 (lb en intransitive) 7 # To decline#Verb or fail to do#Verb something promise#Verb; to break one's word. 8 # Of something say#Verb or write#Verb (such as published#Adjective academic#Adjective work#Noun): to take back or withdraw. 9 # (lb en card games archaic) To change one's mind after declare an intention to make a certain move.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
retract vb. 1 (lb en transitive) 2 # To pull#Verb (something) back#Adverb or back inside#Preposition. 3 ## (lb en specifically zoology) To draw#Verb (an extended#Adjective body part) back into the body. 4 ##: (antonyms en extend protrude) 5 ##: (ux en A cat can '''retract''' its claws.) 6 # (lb en rare) To avert (one's eye#Noun or a gaze#Noun). 7 # (lb en phonetics) To pronounce (a sound#Noun, especially a vowel) farther to the back#Noun of the vocal tract. 8 # (lb en obsolete) To hold back (something); to restrain. 9 (lb en intransitive) To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw. n. 1 An act#Noun of retract#Verb or withdrawing (a mistake#Noun, a statement#Noun, etc.); a retraction. 2 A pull back, especially (lb en military) of an army or military#Adjective troop#Noun; a pullback, a retreat#Noun; also, a signal#Noun for this to be done. 3 (synonym of en retreat t=an act of accidentally injure injuring a horse#Noun horse's foot#Noun foot by incorrectly nail#Verb nailing it during shoe#Verb shoeing) vb. 1 (lb en transitive) 2 # To cancel#Verb or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour#Noun or grant#Noun previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke. 3 # To break#Verb or fail#Verb to keep#Verb (a promise#Noun, etc.); to renege. 4 # To take back or withdraw (something that has been say#Verb or write#Verb); to disavow, to repudiate. 5 # (lb en games) Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo#Verb (a move#Noun); specifically (lb en card games) to take back or withdraw (a card#Noun which has been play#Verb). 6 (lb en intransitive) 7 # To decline#Verb or fail to do#Verb something promise#Verb; to break one's word. 8 # Of something say#Verb or write#Verb (such as published#Adjective academic#Adjective work#Noun): to take back or withdraw. 9 # (lb en card games archaic) To change one's mind after declare an intention to make a certain move.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
retract vb. 1 (lb en transitive) 2 # To pull#Verb (something) back#Adverb or back inside#Preposition. 3 ## (lb en specifically zoology) To draw#Verb (an extended#Adjective body part) back into the body. 4 ##: (antonyms en extend protrude) 5 ##: (ux en A cat can '''retract''' its claws.) 6 # (lb en rare) To avert (one's eye#Noun or a gaze#Noun). 7 # (lb en phonetics) To pronounce (a sound#Noun, especially a vowel) farther to the back#Noun of the vocal tract. 8 # (lb en obsolete) To hold back (something); to restrain. 9 (lb en intransitive) To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw. n. 1 An act#Noun of retract#Verb or withdrawing (a mistake#Noun, a statement#Noun, etc.); a retraction. 2 A pull back, especially (lb en military) of an army or military#Adjective troop#Noun; a pullback, a retreat#Noun; also, a signal#Noun for this to be done. 3 (synonym of en retreat t=an act of accidentally injure injuring a horse#Noun horse's foot#Noun foot by incorrectly nail#Verb nailing it during shoe#Verb shoeing) vb. 1 (lb en transitive) 2 # To cancel#Verb or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour#Noun or grant#Noun previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke. 3 # To break#Verb or fail#Verb to keep#Verb (a promise#Noun, etc.); to renege. 4 # To take back or withdraw (something that has been say#Verb or write#Verb); to disavow, to repudiate. 5 # (lb en games) Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo#Verb (a move#Noun); specifically (lb en card games) to take back or withdraw (a card#Noun which has been play#Verb). 6 (lb en intransitive) 7 # To decline#Verb or fail to do#Verb something promise#Verb; to break one's word. 8 # Of something say#Verb or write#Verb (such as published#Adjective academic#Adjective work#Noun): to take back or withdraw. 9 # (lb en card games archaic) To change one's mind after declare an intention to make a certain move.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
retract vb. 1 (lb en transitive) 2 # To pull#Verb (something) back#Adverb or back inside#Preposition. 3 ## (lb en specifically zoology) To draw#Verb (an extended#Adjective body part) back into the body. 4 ##: (antonyms en extend protrude) 5 ##: (ux en A cat can '''retract''' its claws.) 6 # (lb en rare) To avert (one's eye#Noun or a gaze#Noun). 7 # (lb en phonetics) To pronounce (a sound#Noun, especially a vowel) farther to the back#Noun of the vocal tract. 8 # (lb en obsolete) To hold back (something); to restrain. 9 (lb en intransitive) To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw. n. 1 An act#Noun of retract#Verb or withdrawing (a mistake#Noun, a statement#Noun, etc.); a retraction. 2 A pull back, especially (lb en military) of an army or military#Adjective troop#Noun; a pullback, a retreat#Noun; also, a signal#Noun for this to be done. 3 (synonym of en retreat t=an act of accidentally injure injuring a horse#Noun horse's foot#Noun foot by incorrectly nail#Verb nailing it during shoe#Verb shoeing) vb. 1 (lb en transitive) 2 # To cancel#Verb or take back (something, such as an edict or a favour#Noun or grant#Noun previously bestowed); to rescind, to revoke. 3 # To break#Verb or fail#Verb to keep#Verb (a promise#Noun, etc.); to renege. 4 # To take back or withdraw (something that has been say#Verb or write#Verb); to disavow, to repudiate. 5 # (lb en games) Originally in chess and now in other games as well: to take back or undo#Verb (a move#Noun); specifically (lb en card games) to take back or withdraw (a card#Noun which has been play#Verb). 6 (lb en intransitive) 7 # To decline#Verb or fail to do#Verb something promise#Verb; to break one's word. 8 # Of something say#Verb or write#Verb (such as published#Adjective academic#Adjective work#Noun): to take back or withdraw. 9 # (lb en card games archaic) To change one's mind after declare an intention to make a certain move.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
retract Englanti vb. 1 vetää taaksepäin, vetää takaisin 2 pyörtää (''sanansa'')From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
retract Engelska vb. dra tillbakaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Retract /ɹɪtɹˈakt/ إنسحبFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
retract //-ɹi// //ɹəˈtɹækt// //ɹɪˈtɹækt//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. отдръпвам, отдръпвам се to draw back; to draw up 2. прибирам to pull (something) back or back inside 3. взимам си думите назад to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written)
retract /ɹɪtɹˈakt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]odvolat
retract /ɹɪtɹˈakt/From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]schrumpfen [med.] Synonyms: shrink, atrophy, involute
retract //-ɹi// //ɹəˈtɹækt// //ɹɪˈtɹækt//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. vetää sisään to pull (something) back or back inside 2. vetää pois to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written)
retract /ɹɪtɹˈakt/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. वापस लेना "she made a false statement which she later retracted." 2. वापस~लौटना "Retract the reverse gear otherwise car will hit the tree."
retract /ɹɪtɹˈakt/ odbijati, odgađati, odreći se, ukinuti, uvući, uzeti natrag, zavlačitiFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
retract /rɪˈtrækt/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]1. wycofywać 2. cofać się
retract //-ɹi// //ɹəˈtɹækt// //ɹɪˈtɹækt//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]ta tillbaka to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written)
retract /ɹɪtɹˈakt/ 1. geri çekmek 2. sözünü geri almak. retractable geri alınabilir. retractation sözünü geri alma 3. cayma, sözünden dönme. retraction geri çekme veya çekilme 4. sözünü geri alma. retrac- tile geriye veya içeriye çekilebilir. retractive geri çekici 5. sözünü geri alma kabilinden.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ɹiˈtɹækt/
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "retract": abandon, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, assert the contrary, back, back down, back out, backwater, belie, cancel, cede, climb down, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, countermand, counterorder, crawfish out, cringe, cross, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disannul, disavow, disclaim, disgorge, disown, dispense with, dispose of, disprove, dispute, do away with, do without, draw back, draw in, drop, duck, dump, eat crow, eat humble pie, fall back, flinch, forgo, forswear, gainsay, get along without, get rid of, give away, give up, have done with, impugn, invalidate, join issue upon, kiss good-bye, make a sacrifice, make void, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, override, overrule, palinode, part with, pull back, pull in, pull out, quitclaim, recall, recant, refuse to admit, refute, relinquish, render up, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, resign, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, revoke, sacrifice, set aside, shrink, shy, spare, surrender, suspend, swallow, swear off, take, take back, take issue with, throw up, unsay, vacate, void, waive, wince, withdraw, write off, yieldFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v.缩回,收回From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. vi. 缩回,收回,取消,撤消