retract   (Sound)

The retract has 4 Senses.

• forswear, abjure, resile, retract, recant
• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
• 通常、圧力のもとで、以前から持たれていた信条を公的に否定または否認する

• shrink back, retract
• pull away from a source of disgust or fear
• 嫌気またはおそれの基となるものから逃げる

• draw back, pull back, retract
• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
• 開いておく（傷または器官の端）ために外科用器具を使用する

• draw in, retract
• 引下げる
• pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
• 内部へあるいは中心へ向けて引く