retrieve

retrieve is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.
2. transitive verb. To recall; to bring back.
3. transitive verb. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.
4. intransitive verb. To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
5. noun. A seeking again; a discovery.
6. noun. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
7. verb. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

   "I can't remember saying any such thing"

   "I can't think what her last name was"

   Synonyms: recall, recollect, remember, think

8. verb. run after, pick up, and bring to the master

   "train the dog to retrieve"

9. verb. go for and bring back

   "retrieve the car from the parking garage"

10. verb. get or find back; recover the use of

    "She regained control of herself"

    "She found her voice and replied quickly"

    Synonyms: find, recover, regain

Synonyms

recall, recollect, remember, think, find, recover, regain

Common word forms

retrieved, retriever, retrieves, retrieving, retrieveless, retrievement

Words from these letters

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