Definitions for retract
  • Retract (v. t.) - To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
  • Retract (v. t.) - To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
  • Retract (v. t.) - To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.
  • Retract (v. i.) - To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
  • Retract (v. i.) - To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
  • Retract (n.) - The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
  • Retractability - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Retractable (a.) - Capable of being retracted; retractile.
  • Retractate (v. t.) - To retract; to recant.
  • Retractation (n.) - The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
  • Retractations - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Retracted (imp. & p. p.) - of Retract
  • Retractibility - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Retractible (a.) - Retractable.
  • Retracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Retract
  • Retraction (n.) - The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
  • Retraction (n.) - The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.
  • Retraction (n.) - The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.
  • Retraction (n.) - The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.
  • Retractions - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Retractive (a.) - Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
  • Retractive (n.) - That which retracts, or withdraws.
  • Retractively - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Retractiveness - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Retracts - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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