Definitions of 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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v. t. - To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
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v. t. - To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.
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v. i. - To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
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v. i. - To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
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n. - The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
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The word "retract" uses 7 letters: A C E R R T T.
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Words formed by adding one letter before or after retract (in bold), or to acerrtt in any order:
h - tetrarch o - retroact s - retracts
Shorter words found within retract:
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