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What does retract mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word retract? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To pull back inside.
  2. (transitive) To draw back; to draw up.
  3. (transitive) To take back or withdraw something one has said.
  4. To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke.
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The surgeon uses a wire speculum to retract the eyelids to expose the eyeball.
There is a whole sequence of events that happens when those pilots take that landing gear handle and retract the landing gear.
If I were a dictator, I could just slap him down or retract the broadcasting licenses of the media on his payroll.
Even small branches that are torn or cut will quickly retract into the areolar fat causing hematomas and ecchymosis during heparinization.
When and how will they begin to retract their unambiguous presentation of the story as hard news?
To credit the newspaper, they did retract the quote once it was exposed as a blatant lie.

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