retrieve
Recover and return
The verb retrieve has some overlap in meaning with recover, extract, and fetch.
When a computer retrieves information or data, it finds it in a storage space and brings it to the user.
Your dog (perhaps she is a retriever!) retrieves a ball that you have thrown.
You retrieve your luggage after a flight when it has been separated from you.
If divers retrieve something from a buried shipwreck, they bring it out of the water.
Take back possession
- regainAcquire again
- recoverRegain health or possession
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- rescueSave from harm
lost · stolen · missing · find · locate · repossess · recoup · get back
Organized digital information collection
- queryRequest for information
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- archiveStored historical records
server · download · fetch · records · files · information · storage · index
Act of seeking
- findLocate through effort
- locateDiscover the position of
- accessRight to enter
- obtainCome into possession of
gather · pull · extract · look up · reference · source · document · citation
Domesticated barking mammal
- ballSpherical plaything or gala
- stickThin piece of wood
- frisbeeThrowable recreational disc
- fetchGo get and return
command · throw · return · catch · puppy · obedience · training · toy
Memory retrieval act
- recollectRetrieve past experiences
- rememberRetain in mind
- reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
- recollectionRecalled mental image
flashback · memory · mnemonic · nostalgia · mind · forgotten · lost · buried
Destroyed remains of something
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- sunkenDescended beneath water level
- underwaterBelow the surface
- divingEntering water deliberately
artifact · debris · remains · excavation · archaeology · treasure · recovery · rescue
reclaim
Take back possession
rescue · lost · stolen · missing · find · locate · repossess · recoup · get back · restoration
database
Organized digital information collection
archive · server · download · fetch · records · files · information · storage · index · repository
search
Act of seeking
obtain · gather · pull · extract · look up · reference · source · document · citation · research
dog
Domesticated barking mammal
fetch · command · throw · return · catch · puppy · obedience · training · toy · game
recall
Memory retrieval act
recollection · flashback · memory · mnemonic · nostalgia · mind · forgotten · lost · buried · suppressed
wreckage
Destroyed remains of something
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- sunkenDescended beneath water level
- underwaterBelow the surface
diving · artifact · debris · remains · excavation · archaeology · treasure · recovery · rescue · reclamation
- investigatinginvestigate, examine, inspect, probe, search
- bird huntingduck hunting, goose hunting, pheasant hunting, quail hunting, shotguns
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- dog trainingdown, come, wait, treats, quiet
- obtainingget, obtain, acquire, gain, procure
- pullingpull, tug, yank, drag, haul
retrieveforget
Fail to recall
block out · repress · misremember · suppress · lose
- golden retrieverAmber-furred family dog
- data retrievalAccessing stored information
- Labrador RetrieverCanadian-origin sporting breed
- memory retrievalAccessing stored mental information
- retrieval practiceStudying through self-testing
- water retriever
retrieval, retriever, retrieved, retrieving, retrieves, retrievers, retrievable, retrievals, unretrievable