retrieve
re·trieve / riˈtrēv/ • v. [tr.] get (something) back; regain possession of: I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden. ∎ pick (something) up: Steven stooped and retrieved his hat. ∎ (of a dog) find and bring back (game or an object). ∎ bring (something) back into one's mind: the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories. ∎ find or extract (information stored in a computer). ∎ put right or improve (an unwelcome situation): he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation. ∎ [intr.] reel or bring in a fishing line.• n. 1. an act of retrieving something, esp. game that has been shot. ∎ an act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line.2. archaic the possibility of recovery: he ruined himself beyond retrieve.DERIVATIVES: re·triev·a·bil·i·ty / riˌtrēvəˈbilətē/ n.re·triev·a·ble adj.
retrieve
Hence retriever (-ER1) †dog used to set up game again XV; breed of dog adapted for recovering game XIX.