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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Opelet :: Opelet (n.) A bright-colored European actinian (Anemonia, / Anthea, sulcata); -- so called because it does not retract its tentacles..
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.
Unlook :: Unlook (v. t.) To recall or retract, as a look..
Withdrawer :: Withdrawer (n.) One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Retractive :: Retractive (n.) That which retracts, or withdraws..
Retracted :: Retracted (imp. & p. p.) of Retrac.
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..
Revel :: Revel (v. t.) To draw back; to retract.
Forelock :: Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun..
Recantation :: Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
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..
Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..
Rhinophore :: Rhinophore (n.) One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia..
Palinodial :: Palinodial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction..
Retracting :: Retracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrac.
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.
Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
Saccate :: Saccate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted..
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