retrieve
21retrieve — re•trieve [[t]rɪˈtriv[/t]] v. trieved, triev•ing, n. 1) to recover or regain 2) to bring back to a former and better state; restore 3) to make amends for; make good; repair: to retrieve an error[/ex] 4) to recall to mind 5) spo (of hunting dogs)… …
22retrieve — [c]/rəˈtriv / (say ruh treev) verb (retrieved, retrieving) –verb (t) 1. to recover or regain. 2. to bring back to a former and better state; restore: to retrieve one s fortunes. 3. to make amends for (an error, etc.). 4. to make good; repair (a… …
23retrieve — v. & n. v.tr. 1 a regain possession of. b recover by investigation or effort of memory. 2 a restore to knowledge or recall to mind. b obtain (information stored in a computer etc.). 3 (of a dog) find and bring in (killed or wounded game etc.). 4… …
24retrieve — 1) recovering line cast out while fishing 2) various ways of working or fishing a lure 3) a descriptive term for a type of fly reel, whether it has a left or right hand retrieve …
25retrieve — verb Retrieve is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bag, ↑ball, ↑belongings, ↑data, ↑document, ↑email, ↑file, ↑information, ↑luggage, ↑memory …
26retrieve — [15] To retrieve something is etymologically to ‘re find’ it. The word comes from retreuv , the stem of Old French retrover. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘again’ and trover ‘find’ (ancestor of modern French trouver and… …
27retrieve — verb 1) I retrieved our balls from their garden Syn: get back, bring back, recover, regain (possession of), recoup, reclaim, repossess, redeem, recuperate See note at recover 2) they were trying to retrieve the situation …
28retrieve — verb 1) I retrieved our ball from their garden Syn: get back, bring back, recover, recapture, regain, recoup 2) they tried to retrieve the situation Syn: put/set right, rectify, remedy, restore …
29retrieve — [rɪˈtriːv] verb [T] 1) formal to go and get something back Bobby waded out into the lake to retrieve the ball.[/ex] 2) computing to find information that is stored in a computer retrieval noun [U] …
30retrieve — [15] To retrieve something is etymologically to ‘re find’ it. The word comes from retreuv , the stem of Old French retrover. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘again’ and trover ‘find’ (ancestor of modern French trouver and… …
