re·triev·er

(rĭ-trē′vər)

One that retrieves, especially any one of several breeds of dog that were developed to retrieve game.

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retriever

(rɪˈtriːvə)

1. (Breeds) one of a breed of large gun dogs that can be trained to retrieve game. See golden retriever, Labrador retriever, Chesapeake Bay retriever, curly-coated retriever, flat-coated retriever

2. (Hunting) any dog used to retrieve shot game

3. a person or thing that retrieves

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

re•triev•er

(rɪˈtri vər)

n.

1. a person or thing that retrieves.

2. any of several medium- to large-sized breeds of dogs with a thick, oily, water-resistant coat, used esp. to retrieve game.

3. any dog trained to retrieve game.

[1480–90]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

retriever - a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game

gun dog, sporting dog - a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns

flat-coated retriever - an English breed having a shiny black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water

curly-coated retriever - an English breed having a tightly curled black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water

golden retriever - an English breed having a long silky golden coat

Labrador retriever - breed originally from Labrador having a short black or golden-brown coat

Chesapeake Bay retriever - American breed having a short thick oily coat ranging from brown to light tan

Translations

كَلْب صَيْد

aportér

retriever

Apportierhund

vizsla

veiîihundur af tilteknu kyni

cane da riporto programma per l'estrazione di dati

retriever

aportér

av köpeği

猎犬

retriever

[rɪˈtriːvəʳ] N → perro m cobrador

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

retriever

[rɪˈtriːvə^r] n (= dog) → chien m d'arrêt

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

retriever

n (= breed) → Retriever m; he is a good retriever → er ist ein guter Apportierhund

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

retriever

[rɪˈtriːvəʳ] n → cane m da riporto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

retrieve

(rəˈtriːv) verb

1. to get back (something which was lost etc). My hat blew away, but I managed to retrieve it; Our team retrieved its lead in the second half.

2. (of usually trained dogs) to search for and bring back (birds or animals that have been shot by a hunter).

reˈtrieval noun

reˈtriever noun

a breed of dog trained to find and bring back birds and animals that have been shot.

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His pet was a big fat retriever who was going up to the Hills for his health, and, though it was still April, the round, brown brute puffed and panted in the Club verandah as though he would burst.

So he went over to my house in his dog-cart with the retriever; and on the way I told him the story of Garm.

"I think this is damn silly," said the officer, patting his foolish fubsy old retriever. He called to the private, who leaped to his feet, marched forward, and saluted.

We did not say much when we went indoors, but the officer muttered and pulled his retriever's ears.

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"Nearly as big as a small retriever,--a monster, I tell you.

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A lost retriever dog, with hanging tongue, circled dubiously round them, scared and wretched, and fled at my brother's threat.

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Coffee being presently served up stairs, he kept a watch on Fledgeby until Miss Podsnap's cup was empty, and then directed him with his finger (as if that young gentleman were a slow Retriever) to go and fetch it.

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Noisily blundering like a retriever puppy, his elated voice and great gestures filled the bare academy corridors with the joy of thoughtless animal life, provoking indulgent smiles at a great distance.

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Holmes hunted about among the grass and leaves like a retriever after a wounded bird.

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He surprised the people at the Dogs' Home in Battersea by demanding a deaf retriever, and rejecting every candidate that pricked up its ears.

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Bernard, a few retrievers and Newfoundlands, a boar-hound, a French poodle, with plenty of hair round its head, but mangy about the middle; a bull-dog, a few Lowther Arcade sort of animals, about the size of rats, and a couple of Yorkshire tykes.

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But let us look to the familiar case of the several breeds of dogs: it cannot be doubted that young pointers (I have myself seen a striking instance) will sometimes point and even back other dogs the very first time that they are taken out; retrieving is certainly in some degree inherited by retrievers; and a tendency to run round, instead of at, a flock of sheep, by shepherd-dogs.

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