| RETRACT | • retract v. (Transitive). • retract v. (Intransitive) To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw. • retract n. An act of retracting or withdrawing (A mistake, a statement, etc.); a retraction. |
| RETRACTS | • retracts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retract. • RETRACT v. to take back. |
| RETRACTED | • retracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of retract. • retracted adj. Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat. • retracted adj. (Phonetics, of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal tract. |
| RETRACTOR | • retractor n. One who, or that which, retracts. • retractor n. In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel. • retractor n. (Chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach… |
| RETRACTILE | • retractile adj. That can be retracted (as a cat’s claws). • RETRACTILE adj. capable of retraction, like the claws of a cat. |
| RETRACTING | • retracting v. Present participle of retract. • RETRACT v. to take back. |
| RETRACTION | • retraction n. An act or instance of retracting. • retraction n. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion… • retraction n. (Mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace. |
| RETRACTIVE | • retractive n. That which retracts or withdraws. • retractive adj. Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction. • RETRACTIVE adj. serving to retract. |
| RETRACTORS | • retractors n. Plural of retractor. • RETRACTOR n. something that retracts. |
| RETRACTABLE | • retractable adj. Capable of being retracted; retractile. • retractable n. A retractable pen. • RETRACTABLE adj. that can be retracted, also RETRACTIBLE. |
| RETRACTIBLE | • retractible adj. Alternative form of retractable. • RETRACTIBLE adj. that can be retracted, also RETRACTABLE. |
| RETRACTIONS | • retractions n. Plural of retraction. • RETRACTION n. an act of recanting. |
| RETRACTATION | • retractation n. Retraction (of something previously said). • RETRACTATION n. revoking, recantation. |
| RETRACTILITY | • retractility n. The quality of being retractile. • RETRACTILITY n. the state of being retractile. |
| RETRACTIVELY | • retractively adv. In a retractive manner. • RETRACTIVE adv. serving to retract. |
| NONRETRACTILE | • nonretractile adj. Not retractile. • NONRETRACTILE adj. not retractile. |
| RETRACTATIONS | • retractations n. Plural of retractation. • RETRACTATION n. revoking, recantation. |
| RETRACTABILITY | • retractability n. The quality of being retractable. • RETRACTABILITY n. the quality of being retractable. |
| RETRACTIBILITY | • retractibility n. Alternative form of retractability. • RETRACTIBILITY n. the state of being retractible. |
| RETRACTILITIES | • RETRACTILITY n. the state of being retractile. |