Performance: A hunting term. The act of bringing game back to the handler. Obedience: An exercise in some obedience classes.
To collect, gather up as in Retrieve your hound. A hound is not retrieved until it is under physical control by its handler.
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
bringing the fly back towards the caster after the cast is made; can be done in a variety of ways; important points of retrieving are to keep the rod tip low and pointed straight down the line.
Act of bringing back any article or game to the handler
Bringing the fly back after the cast (while keeping the rod tip low and pointed towards the line.) There are many different types of retrieves. Use the one the best imitates the bug you are throwing.