'Retire' definitions:

Definition of 'retire'

From: WordNet
verb
Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
verb
Withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" [syn: retire, withdraw]
verb
Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress]
verb
Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
verb
Break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw, retire]
verb
Make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"
verb
Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat"
verb
Lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" [syn: retire, withdraw]
verb
Cause to be out on a fielding play [syn: put out, retire]
verb
Cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" [syn: retire, strike out]
verb
Prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" [syn: go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire] [ant: arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise]

Definition of 'Retire'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Retire'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To Una back he cast him to retire. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired. [1913 Webster]
  • And from Britannia's public posts retire. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Retire'

From: GCIDE
  • Retire \Re*tire"\, n.
  • 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The battle and the retire of the English succors. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • [Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mil.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'retire'

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Words containing 'Retire'