retrieve meaning and definition

RETRIEVE verb

Definition of retrieve (verb)

1. get or find back; recover the use of
   • "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
   • synonyms: find, recover, regain
2. go for and bring back
   • "retrieve the car from the parking garage"
3. run after, pick up, and bring to the master
   • "train the dog to retrieve"
4. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
   • "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
   • synonyms: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, think
   • antonym: blank out