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retracted en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
  2. (of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal tract.
    • My guess is that he substitutes a schwa sound for the retracted r in final position. 1987, Rex Burns, Suicide Season, Viking, →ISBN, page 109:
  3. Couped bendwise: cut off by a line diagonal to the main direction.
    • RETRACTED, said of charges when borne one shorter than another; as, three pales or palets issuant from the chief, retracted, that is, cut off bend ways, and hanging of different lengths. 1830, Thomas Robson (engraver.), The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland:
    • Pale, retracted, that is, shortened. It is a French term, used when pales are borne cut off, either pendent from the chief, or issuant from the base, which should be particularly noticed in the blazon. 1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, page 1:

Antonyms

fronted · advanced

Deriveds

retracted tongue root · unretracted

Synonyms

backed

Translations (2)

hu hátrébb képzett ((phonetics) pronounced further back in the vocal tract) · es retraído ((phonetics) pronounced further back in the vocal tract)

retracted en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of retract
    form of retract