Retrieve

What do we mean by retrieve?

To get back into one's grasp, possession, or control, especially from a known place or a place of storage. intransitive verb

To go to and bring or escort back (someone). intransitive verb

To search for, find, and bring back. intransitive verb

To search for, find, and carry back (killed game or a thrown object). Used of dogs. intransitive verb

To gain access to (stored information). intransitive verb

To recall to mind (a memory, for example); remember. intransitive verb

To rescue or save. intransitive verb

To make a difficult but successful return of (a ball or shuttlecock, as in tennis or badminton). intransitive verb

To restore to a former or desirable condition. intransitive verb

To rectify the unfavorable consequences of; remedy. intransitive verb

To find and bring back game or a thrown object. intransitive verb

The act of retrieving; retrieval. noun

A difficult but successful return of a ball or shuttlecock. noun

A seeking again; a discovery; a recovery; specifically, in hunting, the recovery of game once sprung. noun

To find again; discover again; recover; regain.

Specifically, in hunting, to search for and fetch: as, a dog retrieves killed or wounded birds or other game to the sportsman.

To bring back to a state of well-being, prosperity, or success; restore; reëstablish: as, to retrieve one's credit.

To make amends for; repair; better; ameliorate.

A retrieval

The return of a difficult ball

A seeking again; a discovery.

The recovery of game once sprung.

Words that are spelled similarly to retrieve:
retrieve, reprieve, relieve, retrieval, recieve, retriever, reprive, retrieved, restrive, repreve, btrieve, retried, retries, retree, retrieves, repriefe, getriebe, retrete.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word retrieve:
briefcase, retrieving, clue, retrieval, artifact, stolen, retrieved, memories, treasure, bag, sword, item, files, magical, keys, hidden, database, fails, mysterious, stored, discover, data, artifacts, items, file, weapon, fallen, documents, destroy, arrive, crystal, memory, information, object, missing, bodies, device, server, ball, meanwhile, ring, tape, find, messages, escape, cave, dragon, gets, returns, kill, objects, belt, save, user, document, search.

Words that rhyme with retrieve:
leave, naive, perceive, believe, achieve, weave, receive, conceive, reprieve, reeve, deceive, heave, cleave, relieve, eve, interweave, sleeve, vive, peeve, nieve, bereave, grieve, aleve, reave, sheave, eave, neve, aggrieve, steve, interleave, steeve, greave, sleave, thieve, shrieve, lieve, greeve, shreve, cleve, aviv, leve, yves, keeve, greve, disbelieve, neave, preconceive, theave, shore leave, qui vive, prieve, misconceive, genevieve, naeve, chieve, prokofiev, scheve, shirtsleeve, threave, geneve, basket weave, plain weave, twill weave, rajiv, sabbatical leave, cheve, christmas eve, on leave, gleave, tel aviv, take leave, kieve, sick leave, misperceive, frost heave, compassionate leave, gildersleeve, dolman sleeve, shreeve, stieve, absence without leave, satin weave, on the qui vive, wind sleeve, midsummer eve, kleve, air sleeve, taffeta weave, meave, open weave, record sleeve, terminal leave, tel-aviv, biev, laneve, maharive, mccleave, sanjiv, satanjeev, soloviev.

Adjectives that are often used to describe retrieve:
select, public, destructive, and, define.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective retrieve:
information, command, data, option, operation, messages, records, list, values, files, record, statement, number, mail, message, file, details, document, commands, method, rows, items, documents, value, puck, results, cases, name, parameters, cat, images, names, cards, result, suture, content, objects, figure, pointer, contents, function, email, materials, worksht1, variables, pill, object, software, info, account, maps, columns, schema, strand, articles, balance, operations, status, feature, instruction, sequence, functions, program, card, pointers, entries, copy, button, anchor.

Words that sound like retrieve:
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