retracted

verb

  1. 1

    To pull back inside.

    “An airplane retracts its wheels for flight.”
  2. 2

    To draw back; to draw up.

    “A cat can retract its claws.”
  3. 3

    To take back or withdraw something one has said.

    “I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won't sue me.”
  4. 4

    To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke.

adjective

  1. 1

    Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat

  2. 2

    (of a sound) pronounced further back in the vocal tract

  3. 3

    Couped by a line diagonal to the main direction

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