retract : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: retract	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for retract
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retract v formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" Synonym(s): abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile pull away from a source of disgust or fear Synonym(s): shrink back, retract use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) Synonym(s): retract, pull back, draw back pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" Synonym(s): draw in, retract
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retract \Retract"\, 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 \Retract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retracting}.] [F. r[82]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.