retrieve /ri-trēvˈ/

1. To search for and fetch, as a dog does game
2. To recover, repossess
3. To rescue (from or out of)
4. To save (time)
5. To restore (honour or fortune)
6. To make good (a loss or error)
7. To return successfully (tennis)
8. To get possession of (a shot, pass, etc that is difficult to reach) (football)

To find and fetch (as a dog does)

Retrieving

retrievˈable adjective

retrievˈableness noun

retrievˈably adverb

retrievˈal noun

1. Retrieving
2. The extraction of data from a file (computing)

retrieveˈment noun (rare)

retrievˈer noun

1. A dog (of a breed that can be) trained to find and fetch game that has been shot
2. A person who retrieves

retrievˈing noun and adjective

• petering
• Peterloo
• peter-man
• peterman
• peter-men
• petermen
• Peter Pan
• Peter Pan collar
• Peter Pan collars
• Peter Pans
• Peter principle
• peters
• Peter-see-me
• petersham
• petershams
• Peter's pence
• Peters' projection
• pet hate
• pether
• pethers
• pethidine
• pethidines
• petiolar
• petiolate
• petiolated