retrieve

Retrieve is defined as to find and bring or to bring back or restore, whether physically or mentally.

(verb)

An example of retrieve is for a dog to bring a bone back to his owner after the owner threw the bone into the air.
An example of retrieve is to recover lost files on a computer.

The definition of a retrieve is a return of a ball that is difficult to get to in tennis.

(noun)

An example of retrieve is a tennis move that Serena Williams is capable of making.

See retrieve in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: ME retreven < inflected stem of OFr retrouver < re-, again + trouver, to find: see trover

intransitive verb

Hunting to retrieve game

noun

Related Forms:

See retrieve in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·trieved, re·triev·ing, re·trieves

verb, transitive

To get back; regain.
a. To rescue or save.
b. Sports To make a difficult but successful return of (a ball or shuttlecock, as in tennis or badminton).
To bring back again; revive or restore.
To rectify the unfavorable consequences of; remedy. See Synonyms at recover.
To recall to mind; remember.
To find and carry back; fetch.

verb, intransitive

To find and bring back game: a dog trained to retrieve.

noun