English-German translations for retract

• einen Rückzieher machen
• zurückziehen
  Wir teilen entschieden die Ansicht, daß die Kommission ihren Vorschlag zurückziehen soll. We completely share the view that the Commission ought to retract its proposal.
  Das Zurückziehen der Vorschläge zum Abgeordnetenstatut durch das Europäische Parlament hat die Möglichkeit, während der italienischen Präsidentschaft eine Lösung zu finden, zunichte gemacht. .– The European Parliament's retraction on the proposals for the Members' Statute blew out the possibility of a solution to the problem during the Italian Presidency.

Definition of retract

• To pull back inside
• To draw back; to draw up
• To take back or withdraw something one has said
• To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke

Examples

• An airplane retracts its wheels for flight.
• The wheelchair ramp on the bus wouldnt retract after use, it required persuasion by hand before the bus could move
• Muscles retract after amputation.
• A cat can retract its claws.
• I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he wont sue me.

Related words

• retractable
• retraction
• retractile
• retractor
• retractive
• retractation
• retractability
• irretractable
• retractometer