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Retire   /rɪtˈaɪr/  /ritˈaɪr/  /rˌitˈaɪər/   Listen
Retire

verb
(past & past part. retired; pres. part. retiring)
1.
Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.
2.
Withdraw from active participation.  Synonym: withdraw.
3.
Pull back or move away or backward.  Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw.  "The limo pulled away from the curb"
4.
Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds.
5.
Break from a meeting or gathering.  Synonyms: adjourn, withdraw.  "The men retired to the library"
6.
Make (someone) retire.
7.
Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed).
8.
Lose interest.  Synonym: withdraw.
9.
Cause to be out on a fielding play.  Synonym: put out.
10.
Cause to get out.  Synonym: strike out.  "The runner was put out at third base"
11.
Prepare for sleep.  Synonyms: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in.  "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"



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"Retire" Quotes from Famous Books



... Britisher coming they did not take long to get away. They knew who the flyer was, too, for a man's style in the air is always characteristic. They had heard of this flyer before. So they turned tail, and I got back with a machine out of order. 'The Prussian code of politeness,' we call it when they retire with two or three machines against one of ours. It is the respect that they show for our fighting seaplanes. Of course, this does not detract from the confidence we have ...
— Some Naval Yarns • Mordaunt Hall
... warned me that it was my usual hour to go to sleep, I resolved to eat the odd half biscuit, which I had reserved for supper; and then "retire for ...
— The Boy Tar • Mayne Reid
... afterwards, "certainly was clever. But it meant something, all the same." He heard no more, for his mistress told him to retire. ...
— The Longest Journey • E. M. Forster
... had stepped out of the long winder behind us and wuz lookin' off onto the glorified river durin' this contrary temps, and as I glanced out of the winder to look for her I see the huge form of Mr. Pomper hoverin' in the foreground, and I sez to Josiah, "I think it is time to retire and go ...
— Samantha at Coney Island - and a Thousand Other Islands • Marietta Holley
... thou canst manage such gear well—But, Gilbert, I go to visit the posts, and give them orders to retire to a safe distance when the retreat is sounded. You will allow them five minutes for ...
— Woodstock; or, The Cavalier • Sir Walter Scott


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