retract

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

re·tract (rĭ-trăktʹ)v. re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tractsv. tr.
1. To take back; disavow:
refused to retract the statement.
2. To draw back or in:
a plane retracting its landing gear.
See Synonyms at recede¹.
3. Linguistics.
a. To utter (a sound) with the tongue drawn back.
b. To draw back (the tongue).v. intr.
1. To take something back or disavow it.
2. To draw back. [Latin retractāre, to revoke, frequentative of retrahere, to draw back : re-, re- + trahere, to draw. V., tr., senses 2 and 3, and v., intr., sense 2, Middle English retracten from Old French retracter, from Latin retractus, past participle of retrahere.] re·tract'a·bilʹi·ty or re·tract'i·bilʹi·ty n.re·tractʹa·ble or re·tractʹi·ble adj.re'trac·taʹtion (rē'trăk-tāʹshən) n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  draw in, pull back, draw back, shrink back, abjure, recant, forswear, resile