retract

retract is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
2. transitive verb. To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
3. transitive verb. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.
4. intransitive verb. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
5. intransitive verb. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
6. noun. The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
7. verb. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

   "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"

   "She abjured her beliefs"

   Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, resile

8. verb. pull inward or towards a center

   "The pilot drew in the landing gear"

   "The cat retracted his claws"

9. verb. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
10. verb. pull away from a source of disgust or fear

Synonyms

abjure, forswear, recant, resile

Common word forms

retracts, retracted, retracting, retractable

Words from these letters

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