Retrieve

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To get back; regain.
  • v. To rescue or save.
  • v. Sports To make a difficult but successful return of (a ball or shuttlecock, as in tennis or badminton).
  • v. To bring back again; revive or restore.
  • v. To rectify the unfavorable consequences of; remedy. See Synonyms at recover.
  • v. To recall to mind; remember.
  • v. To find and carry back; fetch.
  • verb-intransitive. To find and bring back game: a dog trained to retrieve.
  • n. The act of retrieving; retrieval.
  • n. Sports A difficult but successful return of a ball or shuttlecock.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To regain or get back something.
  • v. To rescue (a) creature(s)
  • v. To salvage something
  • v. To remedy or rectify something.
  • v. To remember or recall something.
  • v. To fetch or carry back something.
  • v. To fetch and bring in game.
  • v. To fetch and bring in game systematically.
  • v. To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
  • v. (transitive) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
  • n. A retrieval
  • n. The return of a difficult ball
  • n. A seeking again; a discovery.
  • n. The recovery of game once sprung.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury.
  • v. To recall; to bring back.
  • v. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.
  • verb-intransitive. To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded.
  • n. A seeking again; a discovery.
  • n. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To find again; discover again; recover; regain.
  • Specifically, in hunting, to search for and fetch: as, a dog retrieves killed or wounded birds or other game to the sportsman.
  • To bring back to a state of well-being, prosperity, or success; restore; reëstablish: as, to retrieve one's credit.
  • To make amends for; repair; better; ameliorate.
  • To find, recover, or restore anything; specifically, in sporting, to seek and bring killed or wounded game: as, the dog retrieves well.
  • n. A seeking again; a discovery; a recovery; specifically, in hunting, the recovery of game once sprung.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. get or find back; recover the use of
  • v. go for and bring back
  • v. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
  • v. run after, pick up, and bring to the master
  • Verb Form
    retrieved    retrieves    retrieving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    convey    fetch    get    bring   
    Cross Reference
    recover   
    Hyponym
    recognise    brush up    recognize    know    refresh    review   
    Form
    retriever   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    recruit    regain    restore    repair    recover    recall    discovery    recoup   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eve    Kleve    Neave    Rajiv    Steve    achieve    aggrieve    aleve    believe    bereave   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts