Adjective:

वापस लिया हुआ, प्रत्यादिष्ट, पीछे हटाया,

retracted's Usage Examples:

It is protruded and retracted by special muscles which are partly attached to the ventral, distal end of the ilium.

- Metagenetic colony-forming Hydromedusae, in which the polyp-colony forms a massive, calcareous corallum into which the polyps can be retracted; polyp-individuals always of two kinds, gastrozoids and dactylozoids; gonosome either free medusae or sessile gonophores.

hydrocaulus, and forms a cup, the hydrangium or hydrotheca (h, t), standing off from the body, into which the hydranth can be retracted for shelter and protection.

A, The larva of Echinorhynchus proteus from the body cavity of Phoxinus laevis, with the proboscis retracted and the whole still enclosed in a capsule.

They seem to act as reservoirs into which the fluid of the tense, extended proboscis can withdraw when it is retracted, and from which the fluid can be driven out when it is wished to expand the proboscis.

b, spiracle on prothorax; c, protruded head region; d, tail-end with functional spiracles; e, f, head region with mouth hooks protruded; g, hooks retracted; h, eggs.

John appears to have retracted shortly before his death, which occurred on the 4th of December 1334.(fn1)

Also the notion that snakes when attacking are able to jump off the ground is quite erroneous; when they strike an object, they dart the fore part of their body, which was retracted in several bends, forwards in a straight line.

Maybe I would have if you hadn't retracted it as soon as you said it.

Piercing mandibles, retracted within the head-capsule.

Synonyms:

backward,

Antonyms:

progressive, forward,