retract

«retract» in Mova's school dictionary: to take back something you have said or agreed to — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (retract, retracts, retracted, retracting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To retract is to take back something you have said or agreed to. tree →

2) To retract is to pull back into the body or case, as a cat draws in its claws. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales a bargain or promise is taken back; in other uses a cat's claws or a snail's horns go in

examples

• They could not retract the bargain. tree →
• I wish to retract what I said. tree →
• The cat can retract its claws. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «retract» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.