Retract(n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
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(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.
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.
Retracted(imp. & p. p.) of Retract
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.
Retractive(a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Retractive(n.) That which retracts, or withdraws.
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