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# retract

verb (retract, retracts, retracted, retracting)

«retract» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To retract is to take back something you have said or agreed to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retract/#m1)
2. To retract is to pull back into the body or case, as a cat draws in its claws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retract/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales a bargain or promise is taken back; in other uses a cat's claws or a snail's horns go in

### Examples

- They could not retract the bargain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retract/#x1)
- I wish to retract what I said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retract/#x2)
- The cat can retract its claws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retract/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «retract» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retract/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«retract» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/retract.html) on Mova free.