source: By Justin Kraemer - Flickr: Day 84. Born to retrieve, CC BY-SA 2.0

get or bring (something) back; regain possession of:

｟かたく｠ 〈人が〉 «…から» 〈物など〉を取り戻す, 回収する «from»

e.g. I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden

e.g. Steven stooped and retrieved his hat.

(of a dog) find and bring back (game or an object).

〈猟犬が〉〈獲物〉を捜して持ってくる

bring (something) back into one's mind:

e.g. the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories.

find or extract (information stored in a computer).

〘コンピュ〙 〈情報など〉を検索する

put right or improve (an unwelcome situation):

｟かたく｠ 〈人が〉〈状況など〉を挽回（ばんかい）する; 〈名誉･損失など〉を回復する; «…から» 〈人など〉を救う «from»

e.g. he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation.

no object reel or bring in a fishing line.

1. an act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot.

an act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line.

2. archaic the possibility of recovery:

e.g. he ruined himself beyond retrieve.

retrievability | riˌtrēvəˈbilətē | noun

retrievable | rəˈtrēvəbəl, rēˈtrēvəbəl | adjective

late Middle English (in the sense ‘find lost game’): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover ‘find again’.