retire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: retire	by the DICT Development Group
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retire \Retire"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retire \Retire"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retire \Retire"\, 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.