Definition of retract

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Retract (v. i.) To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation..

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Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws..
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.
Revel :: Revel (v. t.) To draw back; to retract.
Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not tractile or ductile.
Foussa :: Foussa (n.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws..
Recant :: Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant..
Withdrawer :: Withdrawer (n.) One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts..
Palinodial :: Palinodial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction..
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body..
Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..
Saccate :: Saccate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted..
Unnotify :: Unnotify (v. t.) To retract or withdraw a notice of.
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Retractile :: Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile..
Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation..
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..
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