Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   Re·trieve

   /rəˈtrēv/

   

   verb

   • 1. get or bring (something) back; regain possession of: "I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden" Similar get backrecoverregain (possession of)win backrecoupreclaimrepossessredeemhave returnedsalvagerescuefetchbring backreplevyrare:recuperate
   • ▪ (of a dog) find and bring back (game or an object).
   • ▪ bring (something) back into one's mind: "the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories"
   • ▪ find or extract (information stored in a computer).
   • ▪ put right or improve (an unwelcome situation): "he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation" Similar put rightset rightset to rightsput to rightsrectifyremedyrestoresolvesort outstraighten outresolvedeal withcorrectrepairmendfixredressmake goodimproveamendamelioratemake betterbetter
   • ▪ reel or bring in a fishing line.

   noun

   • 1. an act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot: "watch the dog make the long retrieves"
   • ▪ an act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line: "the chances are that the retrieve will bring your bait through an area of unfished water"
   • 2. the possibility of recovery: archaic "he ruined himself beyond retrieve"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘find lost game’): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover ‘find again’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. retrievability noun
   • 2. retrievable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   Powered by Oxford Languages

   More Definitions, Word Origin & ScrabbleShow less