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- English Word Retracted Definition of Retract
- English Word Retractible Definition Retractable.
- English Word Retractile Definition Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.
- English Word Retracting Definition of Retract
- English Word Retraction Definition The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
- English Word Retraction Definition The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.
- English Word Retraction Definition The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.
- English Word Retraction Definition The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.
- English Word Retractive Definition Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
- English Word Retractive Definition That which retracts, or withdraws.
- English Word Retractor Definition One who, or that which, retracts.
- English Word Retractor Definition In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
- English Word Retractor Definition An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
- English Word Retractor Definition A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.
- English Word Retractor Definition A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.
- English Word Retraict Definition Retreat.
- English Word Retrait Definition A portrait; a likeness.
- English Word Retransform Definition To transform anew or back.
- English Word Retranslate Definition To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language.
- English Word Retraxit Definition The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.
- English Word Retread Definition To tread again.
- English Word Retreat Definition The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
- English Word Retreat Definition The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
- English Word Retreat Definition The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
- English Word Retreat Definition The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
- English Word Retreat Definition A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
- English Word Retreat Definition A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
- English Word Retreat Definition A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
- English Word Retreat Definition To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
- English Word Retreated Definition of Retreat