See retract in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(intransitive) To draw back; to draw up; to withdraw."
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"word": "visszahúzódik"
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"sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
"word": "retrair"
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"sense": "to draw back; to draw up — see also withdraw",
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"text": "Fill'd with the Satisfaction of their own diſcerning Faculties, they [natural history writers] paſs Judgment at firſt ſight; write on, and are above being ever brought to retract it.",
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"text": "\"Challenger was the man who came with some cock-and-bull story from South America.\" / \"What story?\" / \"Oh, it was rank nonsense about some queer animals he had discovered. I believe he has retracted since. Anyhow, he has suppressed it all. He gave an interview to Reuter's, and there was such a howl that he saw it wouldn't do.[\"]",
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"games"
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"body part"
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[
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"linguistics",
"phonetics",
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"sciences"
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[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
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{
"text": "The bus was stuck at the stop as its wheelchair ramp wouldn’t retract after use.",
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"text": "Muscles retract after amputation.",
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],
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],
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"draw back",
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[
"draw up",
"draw up"
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[
"withdraw",
"withdraw"
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],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pribiram",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "прибирам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shōuqǐ",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "收起"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shōuhuí",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "收回"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "vtáhnout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "zatáhnout"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "vetää sisään"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "symptýsso",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "συμπτύσσω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "behúz"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "visszahúz"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "whakakopa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "retrair"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "retracta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "retrage"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vtjagivatʹ",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "втягивать"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vbirátʹ",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "вбира́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pull (something) back or back inside",
"word": "retraer"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to draw (an extended body part) back into the body",
"word": "縮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"Of something said or written (such as published academic work): to take back or withdraw."
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"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"en:Card games"
],
"glosses": [
"To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move."
],
"links": [
[
"card game",
"card game"
],
[
"change one's mind",
"change one's mind"
],
[
"declaring",
"declare"
],
[
"intention",
"intention"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive)",
"(card games, archaic) To change one's mind after declaring an intention to make a certain move."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"card-games",
"games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈtɹækt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹəˈtɹækt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ækt"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vzimam si dumite nazad",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "взимам си думите назад"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "vzít zpět"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "odvolat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "vetää pois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "rétracter"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anakaló",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "ανακαλώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "visszavon"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "ritrattare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "kairua"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "retrair"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "retirar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "retracta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "dezice"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "retractar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written) — see also disavow, repudiate",
"word": "ta tillbaka"
}
],
"word": "retract"
}
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