retrieve.
To regain or get back something.
Meaning & usage
To regain or get back something.
to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball
To rescue (a creature).
To salvage something
To remedy or rectify something.
To remember or recall something.
To fetch or carry back something, especially (computing) a file or data record.
To fetch and bring in game.
The cook doesn't care what's shot, only what's actually retrieved.
To fetch and bring in game systematically.
Dog breeds called 'retrievers' were selected for retrieving.
To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
Most dogs love retrieving, regardless of what object is thrown.
To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).
Where this word comes from
Recorded in Middle English c. 1410 as retreve (altered to retrive in the 16th century; modern form is from c. 1650), from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retrover (“to find again”, modern retrouver), itself from re- (“again”) + trover (“to find”), probably from Vulgar Latin *tropāre (“to compose”).
A retrieval.
The return of a difficult ball.
A seeking again; a discovery.
The recovery of game once sprung.
Where this word comes from
Recorded in Middle English c. 1410 as retreve (altered to retrive in the 16th century; modern form is from c. 1650), from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retrover (“to find again”, modern retrouver), itself from re- (“again”) + trover (“to find”), probably from Vulgar Latin *tropāre (“to compose”).
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