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| English Dictionary: retire |
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| 4 results for retire |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- retire
- v
- go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw
from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
- withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
Synonym(s): retire, withdraw
- pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
Synonym(s): withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
Antonym(s): advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
- withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
- break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
Synonym(s): adjourn, withdraw, retire
- make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"
- dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat"
- lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
Synonym(s): retire, withdraw
- cause to be out on a fielding play
Synonym(s): put out, retire
- cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
Synonym(s): retire, strike out
- prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
Synonym(s): go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire
Antonym(s): arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retired}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Retiring}.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw.
See {Tirade}.]
1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children
into a forest. --Sir P.
Sidney.
As when the sun is present all the year, And never
doth retire his golden ray. --Sir J.
Davies.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Retire \Re*tire"\, n.
1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also,
a place to which one retires. [Obs.]
The battle and the retire of the English succors.
--Bacon.
[Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire.
--Milton.
2. (Mil.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to
skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Retire \Re*tire"\, v. i.
1. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof;
to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into
privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the
world, or from notice.
To Una back he cast him to retire. --Spenser.
The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in, And to
herself she gladly doth retire. --Sir J.
Davies.
2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety
or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle,
and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and
die. --2 Sam. xi.
15.
3. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as,
having made a large fortune, he retired.
And from Britannia's public posts retire. --Addison.
4. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea
retires in bays and gulfs.
5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
Syn: To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat;
retrocede.
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