retrieving

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present participle of

to find and bring back something:

We taught our dog to retrieve a ball.

retrieve information Computers are used to store and retrieve information efficiently.

in tennis and similar sports, to successfully return a ball that is difficult to reach :

They slid deftly to retrieve seemingly impossible balls.

On the first point of the match, she retrieved a wide ball to pass her opponent at the net.