Retracted
(imp. & p. p.) of Retract |
Retracting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retract |
Retract
(v. t.) To draw back |
Retract
(v. t.) To withdraw |
Retract
(v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed |
Retract
(v. i.) To draw back |
Retract
(v. i.) To take back what has been said |
Retract
(n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe. |
Returned
(imp. & p. p.) of Return |
Returning
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Return |
Return
(v. i.) To turn back |
Return
(v. i.) To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular |
Return
(v. i.) To speak in answer |
Return
(v. i.) To revert |
Return
(v. i.) To go back in thought, narration, or argument. |
Return
(v. t.) To bring, carry, send, or turn, back |
Return
(v. t.) To repay |
Return
(v. t.) To give in requital or recompense |
Return
(v. t.) To give back in reply |
Return
(v. t.) To retort |
Return
(v. t.) To report, or bring back and make known. |
Return
(v. t.) To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior |
Return
(v. t.) Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers. |
Return
(v. t.) To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done |
Return
(v. t.) To convey into official custody, or to a general depository. |
Return
(v. t.) To bat (the ball) back over the net. |
Return
(v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner |
Return
(n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition |
Return
(n.) The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition |
Return
(n.) That which is returned. |
Return
(n.) A payment |
Return
(n.) An answer |
Return
(n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like |
Return
(n.) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc. |
Return
(n.) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold |
Return
(n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court. |
Return
(n.) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document. |
Return
(n.) The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners. |
Return
(n.) A day in bank. See Return day, below. |
Return
(n.) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer |
Return
(n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine. |
reappearance
return | the act of someone appearing again, his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited |
| return homecoming | a coming to or returning home, on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party |
restitution
return restoration regaining | getting something back again, upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing |
| return | the act of going back to a prior location, they set out on their return to the base camp |
| return | (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble |
| return | a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player, he won the point on a crossourt return |
return paying back
getting even | a reciprocal group action, in return we gave them as good as we got |
return key
return | the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed |
Rubicon
point of no return | a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment |
round-trip ticket
return ticket | a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) |
| day return | a return ticket (at reduced fare) for traveling both ways in the same day |
tax return
income tax return
return | document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability, his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return |
| amended return | a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return |
declaration of estimated tax
estimated tax return | return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year |
| false return | an incorrect income tax return |
| information return | a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability |
| joint return | a return filed by a husband and wife |
| return address | the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered |
rejoinder
retort
return riposte
replication comeback
counter | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one), it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher |
recurrence
return | happening again (especially at regular intervals), the return of spring |
| return coming back | the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction |
| returning officer | the official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results |
return
issue
take
takings
proceeds
yield
payoff | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property, the average return was about % |
| carriage return | the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line |
exponential decay
exponential return | a decrease that follows an exponential function |
| rate of return | the amount returned per unit of time expressed as a percentage of the cost |
return on invested capital
return on investment
ROI | (corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid |
revert
return
retrovert
regress turn back | go back to a previous state, We reverted to the old rules |
come back
return | be restored, Her old vigor returned |
abjure
recant
forswear
retract
resile | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure, He retracted his earlier statements about his religion, She abjured her beliefs |
retort
come back repay
return riposte
rejoin | answer back |
| return | submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority, submit a bill to a legislative body |
hark back
return
come back
recall | go back to something earlier, This harks back to a previous remark of his |
| render deliver return | pass down, render a verdict, deliver a judgment |
| return | make a return, return a kickback |
| draw in retract | pull inward or towards a center, The pilot drew in the landing gear, The cat retracted his claws |
| retract pull back draw back | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) |
render
yield
return
give
generate | give or supply, The cow brings in liters of milk, This year's crop yielded ,bushels of corn, The estate renders some revenue for the family |
| return | go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before, return to your native land, the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean |
| return | return to a previous position, in mathematics, The point returned to the interior of the figure |
shrink back
retract | pull away from a source of disgust or fear |
| return take back bring back | bring back to the point of departure |
| fall d return d pass d devolve d | be inherited by, The estate fell to my sister, The land returned to the family, The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead |
refund
return
repay
give back | pay back, Please refund me my money |
render
return | give back, render money |
| return | return in kind, return a compliment, return her love |
reelect
return | elect again |
| retracted | drawn back and in, a cat with retracted claws |
returning(a)
reversive | tending to be turned back |
returning
reverting | tending to return to an earlier state |