Definition of retract

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Retract (v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle..

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Palinode :: Palinode (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction..
Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges..
Pluroderes :: Pluroderes (n. pl.) A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example..
Saccate :: Saccate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted..
Retractate :: Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant.
Linguatulina :: Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida..
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) One who, or that which, retracts..
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Foussa :: Foussa (n.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws..
Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
Palinodial :: Palinodial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction..
Recant :: Recant (v. t.) To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall..
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation..
Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..
Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion..
Retractile :: Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile..
Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not tractile or ductile.
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..
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