'Retreat' definitions:
Definition of 'retreat'
From: WordNet
noun
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"
noun
A place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
noun
(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
noun
(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
noun
An area where you can be alone [syn: hideaway, retreat]
noun
Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity" [syn: retirement, retreat]
noun
The act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) [ant: advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression]
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
Move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
verb
Move back; "The glacier retrogrades" [syn: retrograde, retreat]
verb
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" [syn: retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw]
Definition of 'Retreat'
From: GCIDE
- Retreat \Re*treat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Retreating.] To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field. [1913 Webster]
- The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea their furious tide. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Retreat'
From: GCIDE
- Retreat \Re*treat"\, n. [F. retraite, fr. retraire to withdraw, L. retrahere; pref. re- re- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Retract, Retrace.]
- 1. The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable. [1913 Webster]
- In a retreat he o?truns any lackey. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum. [1913 Webster]
- He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mil. & Naval.) (a) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position. (b) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat. (c) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action. [1913 Webster]
- Note: A retreat is properly an orderly march, in which circumstance it differs from a flight. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Eccl.) (a) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises. (b) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Retirement; departure; withdrawment; seclusion; solitude; privacy; asylum; shelter; refuge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retreat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abandonment,
- abscond,
- adytum,
- alcove,
- almshouse,
- apartheid,
- apartness,
- arbor,
- ascend,
- ashram,
- asylum,
- avoid,
- avoidance,
- back,
- back down,
- back out,
- balance,
- bank,
- beat a retreat,
- blench,
- blink,
- bolt-hole,
- bow out,
- bower,
- bowl,
- cabinet,
- cache,
- cant,
- capitulation,
- careen,
- catabasis,
- cell,
- cession,
- climb,
- climb down,
- cloister,
- closet,
- collapse,
- concealment,
- conservatory,
- corner,
- cover,
- covert,
- coverture,
- cranny,
- crash,
- cringe,
- cubby,
- cubbyhole,
- cup,
- dark corner,
- debate,
- decamp,
- decampment,
- deceleration,
- declension,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- decrescendo,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- den,
- depart,
- departure,
- descend,
- detachment,
- die away,
- diminish,
- diminuendo,
- dip,
- disappear,
- disengage,
- disengagement,
- dish,
- dive,
- dodge,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- draw back,
- draw off,
- drift away,
- drop,
- duck,
- dugout,
- dwindle,
- dwindling,
- ebb,
- egress,
- escape,
- evacuate,
- evacuation,
- evade,
- evasion,
- exit,
- exodus,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall back,
- fall off,
- fallback,
- falter,
- fear,
- flee,
- flight,
- flinch,
- fly,
- foster home,
- foxhole,
- funk hole,
- gazebo,
- getaway,
- give,
- give back,
- give ground,
- give place,
- giving in,
- giving over,
- giving up,
- glasshouse,
- go,
- go away,
- go back,
- go downhill,
- go uphill,
- going,
- grade,
- greenhouse,
- halfway house,
- hang back,
- harbor,
- harborage,
- haven,
- hegira,
- hem and haw,
- hermitage,
- hesitate,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hidey hole,
- hiding,
- hiding place,
- hole,
- hollow,
- holy of holies,
- home,
- hospice,
- hospitium,
- hover,
- hum and haw,
- incline,
- incurve,
- isolation,
- isolationism,
- ivory tower,
- jib,
- Jim Crow,
- keel,
- kiosk,
- lair,
- lapse,
- lathhouse,
- lean,
- leave,
- leaving,
- list,
- lose ground,
- mew,
- move away,
- move back,
- move off,
- niche,
- nook,
- nursing home,
- orphanage,
- parting,
- passing,
- pause,
- pergola,
- pitch,
- plunge,
- ponder,
- poor farm,
- poorhouse,
- port,
- privacy,
- privatism,
- privatization,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- pullback,
- pullout,
- quail,
- quarantine,
- quit,
- rake,
- recede,
- recedence,
- receding,
- recess,
- recession,
- reclusion,
- recoil,
- reculade,
- reel back,
- refuge,
- relinquishment,
- remission,
- removal,
- remove,
- renunciation,
- resort,
- rest home,
- retire,
- retirement,
- retract,
- retractation,
- retractility,
- retraction,
- retrocede,
- retrocedence,
- retrograde,
- rise,
- run away,
- run back,
- rustication,
- sanctuary,
- sanctum,
- sanctum sanctorum,
- scruple,
- seclusion,
- secrecy,
- secret place,
- segregation,
- separation,
- sequestration,
- sheer off,
- shelter,
- shelve,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shy,
- sidestep,
- sidestepping,
- sidle,
- sink,
- slant,
- slope,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- solitude,
- splendid isolation,
- stand back,
- stand off,
- start aside,
- start back,
- stash,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain at,
- subsidence,
- summerhouse,
- surrender,
- swag,
- sway,
- swerve,
- take flight,
- think twice about,
- tilt,
- tip,
- turn aside,
- turn tail,
- undercovert,
- uprise,
- vacate,
- vanish,
- walkout,
- wane,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- widen the distance,
- wince,
- withdraw,
- withdrawal,
- withdrawment,
- workhouse,
- yield
Retreat, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Retreat, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000) :
339
Housing Units (2000) :
127
Land area (2000) :
4.962652 sq. miles (12.853209 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.018891 sq. miles (0.048928 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.981543 sq. miles (12.902137 sq. km)
FIPS code :
61616
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
32.051204 N, 96.474394 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.