'Retrieve' definitions:

Definition of 'retrieve'

(from WordNet)
verb
Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: recover, retrieve, find, regain]
verb
Go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking garage"
verb
Run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"
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"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget]

Definition of 'Retrieve'

From: GCIDE
  • Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See Trover.]
  • 1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. [1913 Webster]
  • With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. --Dryden [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To recall; to bring back. [1913 Webster]
  • To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge. [1913 Webster]
  • Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Retrieve'

From: GCIDE
  • Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. --Walsh. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Retrieve'

From: GCIDE
  • Retrieve \Re*trieve"\, n.
  • 1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.] --Nares. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'retrieve'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Retrieve'