retrieve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: retrieve	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for retrieve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retrieve v get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" Synonym(s): recover, retrieve, find, regain go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking garage" run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve" recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" Synonym(s): remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think Antonym(s): blank out, block, draw a blank, forget
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retrieve \Retrieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retrieved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retrieving}.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See {Trover}.] 1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve* one's character; to retrieve independence. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. --Dryden 2. To recall; to bring back. To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. --Berkeley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. --Walsh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, n. 1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.] --Nares.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Retrieve A {query language} inspired {JPLDIS} which led to {Vulcan} and then to {dBASE II}, developed by {Tymshare Corp} in the 1960s. (1998-04-29)