retract
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
Types & categories
- repudiate hypernym
Related & opposite
- forgoing derivation
- retraction derivation
- abjurer derivation
Sense 2 verb
pull away from a source of disgust or fear
Types & categories
- wince hypernym
Sense 3 verb
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
Types & categories
- pull hypernym
Related & opposite
- retractor derivation
Sense 4 verb
pull inward or towards a center
The pilot drew in the landing gear
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- retraction derivation
- attract verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | forgoing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | retraction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abjurer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | repudiate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wince |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | retractor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pull |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | retraction |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | attract |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | attract |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | introvert |