retrieving

verbget back

Synonyms for retrieving

verb get back

Antonyms for retrieving

Word Origin & History

early 15c., retreve, originally in reference to dogs finding lost game, from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retreuver (Modern French retrouver) "find again, recover, meet again, recognize," from re- "again" (see re-) + trouver "to find," probably from Vulgar Latin *tropare "to compose" (see trove). Altered 16c. to retrive; modern form is from mid-17c.

Example Sentences for retrieving

He started down the trail, hastily, after retrieving his gun.

You mustn't take away my last chance of retrieving the season.

Then in the faint hope of yet retrieving his blunder he inquired, "How long will he be here?"

His retrieving of game was equal to any of the retrieving I ever saw in any other dogs.

His quickness in retrieving a false position, outwardly, came to his aid.

“They did not take much pains about retrieving their game,” said the doctor.

The sagacious lawyer and reader of men was retrieving his blunder.

"Think as much as you like," returned Mr. Boggs, retrieving the treasure.

As to retrieving his fortune, he did not even dream of that.

There had always been a sort of triumph in retrieving boys from Thrigsby for culture.