retire

Speech parts

1. retire - Noun

2. retire - Verb

Meaning

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.

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.

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 retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.

To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.

To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.

To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.

The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.

A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

retreat leave withdraw depart recede go to sleep bed resign quit secede adjourn hit the sack move back turn in go away
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Antonyms

surface come remain appear continue turn-out
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Hypernyms

jade diddle can play move close

Hyponyms

retreat withdraw retrograde prorogue back down superannuate

Phrases with the word

force to retire retire to bed retire for the night retire from office retire from

Derivatives

retired retiring

Anagrams

reiter etrier retier Terrie

Examples

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. Horace

Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse. Dorothy L. Sayers

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. Harry Emerson Fosdick

Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire. Margaret Mead

It flies at our approach but follows us as we retire. Latin Proverb

It flies at our approach but follows us as we retire. [A Shadow, Glory, or Love.]. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

retiracy retirade retiral retire for the night retire from retire from office