meaning of retire
1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
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.
4. 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.
5. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
6. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
7. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
8. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
9. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
10. A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
11. go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of
">dawn"
Related Words
retire | retired | retired person | retiree | retirement | retirement account | retirement benefit | retirement check | retirement fund | retirement pension | retirement plan | retirement program | retirement savings account | retirement savings plan | retirer |
