Retire
[rɪ'taɪə] or [rɪ'taɪɚ]
Definition
(verb.) cause to get out; 'The pitcher retired three batters'; 'the runner was put out at third base'.
(verb.) lose interest; 'he retired from life when his wife died'.
(verb.) dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); 'She finally retired that old coat'.
(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'.
(verb.) make (someone) retire; 'The director was retired after the scandal'.
(verb.) withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds.
Checked by Karol--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
(v. t.) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
(v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
(v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
(v. i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
(n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
(n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
Inputed by Brenda
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. (Com.) Withdraw from circulation (as currency).
v. n. [1]. Withdraw, depart, retreat, remove.[2]. Recede, retrocede, fall back, beat a retreat, sound a retreat, take the back track.
Typed by Jody
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Withdraw, retreat, depart, secede, shrink, repair
ANT:Approach, advance
Edited by Joanne
Definition
v.i. to draw back: to retreat: to recede: to go to bed.—v.t. to withdraw from circulation as to retire a bill: to cause to retire.—n. a call sounded on a bugle: act of retiring: retreat: (obs.) a place of retreat.—n. Retī′ral the act of taking up a bill when due.—adj. Retired′ withdrawn: secluded: private: withdrawn from business.—adv. Retired′ly.—ns. Retired′ness; Retire′ment act of retiring or withdrawing from society or from public life or of an army: state of being retired: solitude: privacy.—p.adj. Retir′ing reserved: unobtrusive: retreating: modest: given to one who retires from a public office or service.—Retired list a list of officers who are relieved from active service but receive a certain amount of pay.
Editor: Rochelle
Examples
- It was in a small way, but he made enough for a plain man to retire on, and settled at Old Welmingham. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If so Mr. Edison has discovered something MORE than perpetual motion, and Mr. Keely had better retire from the field. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Three-and-sixpence has been spent in vain--the screens retire to Miss Clapp's bedroom, who persists in thinking them lovely. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She then said to her train, Retire, excepting only Elgitha; I would speak with this holy Pilgrim. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Whereupon, Monsieur Gabelle did heavily bar his door, and retire to hold counsel with himself. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn, observing it as she rises to retire, thinks, Well she may be! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When I have executed this little commission, I shall, perhaps, accept Tellson's proposal to retire and live at my ease. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- We retired from the debate which had followed on his nomination: we, his nominators, mortified; he dispirited to excess. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- With graceful modesty each gentleman retired a step from the presented weapon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As Louisa feigned to rouse herself, and sat up, Sissy retired, so that she stood placidly near the bedside. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mr. Raggles then retired and personally undertook the superintendence of the small shop and the greens. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But I had acted enough for one evening; it was time I retired into myself and my ordinary life. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mademoiselle, I know this service would be more retired than that which I have quitted. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Luffey retired a few paces behind the wicket of the passive Podder, and applied the ball to his right eye for several seconds. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- One night, as they were sitting within the cabin before retiring, Tarzan turned to D'Arnot. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- To prevent the possibility of this I proposed retiring into some quiet village in Devonshire. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In spite of his seemingly retiring manners a very intrusive person, this Secretary and lodger, in Miss Bella's opinion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When the time drew near for retiring, Mr. Bounderby took a glass of water. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- That is the best I can do for you, he said, stepping down and retiring to the path, where he resumed the smoking of his pipe as he walked up and down. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Very sorry to hear it, sir, said Pratt, retiring. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- By which means we conceive the future as flowing every moment nearer us, and the past as retiring. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Obedient to a nod from the trooper, Phil retires, empty-handed, to the other end of the gallery. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Milverton is a heavy sleeper, and retires punctually at ten-thirty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Fabre, fighting for a particular female who sits by, an apparently unconcerned beholder of the struggle, and then retires with the conqueror. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn brings it a little forward for her with his clumsy bow and retires into a window opposite. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The former retires early and sleeps at the top of the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He retires with his friend, guided down another staircase by the young gardener, and presently is heard to drive away. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And with this, and a profound bow to his patrons, the Manager retires, and the curtain rises. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Max