retracted

retracted

1. simple past tense and past participle of retract

retracted

1. Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
2. (phonetics, of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal tract.

   Synonym: backed

   Antonyms: advanced, fronted

   • 1987, Rex Burns, Suicide Season, Viking, →ISBN, page 109:

     My guess is that he substitutes a schwa sound for the retracted r in final position.

3. (heraldry) Couped by a line diagonal to the main direction.

• detracter