All 3 Uses of
retract
in
Wuthering Heights
- You have pledged your word, and cannot retract.'†
Chpt 9 *
- If you doubt, encourage her to retract her word, and you'll have an opportunity of judging!'†
Chpt 27
- 'I'll not retract my word,' said Catherine.†
Chpt 27
Definitions:
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(1)
(retract) to take back; or to move back or inin various senses, including:
- to take back something previously said -- such as a promise or opinion
- to move back or in -- such as an airplane's landing gear, or pulling your hand back after being burned
- in surgery, the use of a medical instrument to draw skin or an organ back out of the way
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, in phonetics retract references changing the sound of a vowel by pulling the tongue back.