A retrieval, sports The return of a difficult ball, obsolete The recovery of game once sprung, verb_ go for and bring back, recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection, run after, pick up, and bring to the master, transitive verb_ To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury, To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge, To recall; to bring back, intransitive verb_ To rescue or save, To gain access to (stored information), To search for, find, and carry back (killed game or a thrown object). Used of dogs