retire
to withdraw from one's career, occupation, or office, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty.
to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study.
to go to bed: He retired at midnight.
to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.
to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem.
to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat.
to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive.
to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use.
Baseball, Cricket. to put out or end the offensive play of (a batter, runner, side, etc.): The pitcher’s on fire, retiring the last five hitters with strikeouts.With two runners stranded on base, the side is retired.
a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat.
retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others.
Origin of retire
1synonym study For retire
Other words for retire
Other words from retire
- re·tir·er, noun
Other definitions for retiré (2 of 2)
a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
Origin of retiré
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How to use retire in a sentence
Now the way is clear for him to become the next GOP leader in the House when Boehner retires.
Lawrence retires to obscurity and dies in a motorbike accident in 1935.
T.E. Lawrence Rides Again in Scott Anderson’s New History | Melik Kaylan | August 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Pope Benedict XVI retires on February 28, he will be the first pontiff in 600 years to leave his post by choice.
On the day before she retires as secretary of state, Clinton spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations about her tenure.
Hillary's Farewell Speech: Read the Transcript | The Daily Beast | February 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNow Osborne has chosen a Canadian above any of a long list of Britons to take over the Bank when King retires in July.
Canada Comes to the Rescue of Great Britain, Again | Andrew Roberts | November 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Ze under lip rather retires, and this adds to the receding effect of the chin, you see.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuA partner who retires should give notice of his retirement to relieve himself from future liability.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesBut as a wave of the advancing tide merely retires to gain fresh force, Mark Heath recovered himself.
The Bag of Diamonds | George Manville FennThe latter pitches his master's tent and relieves him of household troubles, and retires to his own boat tent when not wanted.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.When made angry he retires backwards, always facing his assailant, and shakes his head very forcibly.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
British Dictionary definitions for retire
/ (rɪˈtaɪə) /
(also tr) to give up or to cause (a person) to give up his work, a post, etc, esp on reaching pensionable age (in Britain and Australia usually 65 for men, 60 for women)
to go away, as into seclusion, for recuperation, etc
to go to bed
to recede or disappear: the sun retired behind the clouds
to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp because of injury
(also tr) to pull back (troops, etc) from battle or an exposed position or (of troops, etc) to fall back
(tr)
to remove (bills, bonds, shares, etc) from circulation by taking them up and paying for them
to remove (money) from circulation
Origin of retire
1Derived forms of retire
- retirer, noun
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