(1):
(v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
(2):
(v. i.) To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
(3):
(n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
(4):
(v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
(5):
(v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.
(6):
(v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.