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What does retracting mean?

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  1. present participle of retract
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I have read all the letters in your column regarding the brakes rubbing and the calipers not retracting.
With a jet propulsion motor, retracting wheels and a speedboat-like hull, the Aquada's makers say it is powerful enough to pull a water-skier.
These were single-engined, low-winged monoplanes, usually with enclosed cockpits, retracting undercarriages, and a fixed forward firing armament.
A loadcrew member failed to properly insert the safing pin prior to retracting the missile's umbilical cable.
By retracting his confession he lost the opportunity of being considered for parole.
This tether prevents the nerve from retracting too far into the stump and keeps it near the center of the developing blastema.

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