1. past tense of retrieve; got back or recovered something that was lost or left somewhere
2. past tense of retrieve; found and brought back information from a computer system or database
Usage: computing
3. past tense of retrieve; brought back a hunted bird or object, especially by a trained dog
Usage: hunting

Examples

• She retrieved her keys from the car.
• The dog retrieved the stick from the pond.
• He retrieved the lost files from his backup drive.
• The system retrieved the customer’s account information.
• They retrieved their luggage from the baggage claim.
• The hunter’s dog retrieved the fallen duck.
• I retrieved my old photos from the cloud storage.