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# retriever

«retriever» in Mova's school dictionary: **a kind of dog bred to fetch and bring back birds that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a retriever, retrievers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A retriever is a kind of dog bred to fetch and bring back birds that hunters have shot, for example the golden retriever and the Labrador retriever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retriever/#m1)

2) A retriever is anyone or anything that fetches and brings things back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retriever/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life golden retrievers and Labradors are popular, friendly family dogs, and often guide dogs and assistance dogs. In computing, a retriever is a program that fetches information. Phrases: «golden retriever», «Labrador retriever», «a ball retriever».

### examples

- Our golden retriever loves swimming in the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retriever/#x1)
- The retriever brought the stick back and dropped it at my feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retriever/#x2)
- Labrador retrievers are often trained as guide dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retriever/#x3)
- A retriever has a soft mouth, so it carries things gently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retriever/#x4)
- The tennis club has a ball retriever on a stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retriever/#x5)
- Retrievers need lots of exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retriever/#x6)
- My cousin's retriever has golden fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retriever/#x7)

### note

Countable: a retriever, retrievers. Verb: retrieve (fetch back). Spelling: «ie», as in «retrieve».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «retriever» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retriever/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.