RETIRE

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NOUN
  • Definition - The act of retiring, or the state of being retired.
  • Definition - A place to which one retires.
  • Definition - A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
  • Example - At the retire, the cavalry fell back.
VERB
  • Definition - To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
  • Example - Having made a large fortune, he retired.
  • Definition - (sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.
  • Example - Having made a large fortune, he retired.
  • Definition - To cease use or production of something.
  • Example - The steamship made thousands of trips over several decades before it was retired by the shipping company.
  • Definition - To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
  • Example - The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
  • Definition - To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
  • Example - The board retired the old major.
  • Definition - (of a batsman) To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
  • Example - Jones retired in favour of Smith.
  • Definition - (of a fielder) To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout.
  • Example - Jones retired Smith 6-3.
  • Definition - To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
  • Example - I will retire to the study.
  • Definition - To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
  • Example - The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
  • Definition - To recede; to fall or bend back.
  • Example - Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.
  • Definition - To go to bed.
  • Example - I will retire for the night.
  • Definition - To remove or cease to use.
  • Example - When a hurricane becomes so deadly or destructive that future use would be insensitive, officials may retire the name of the hurricane.
Words in your word
6 Letter Words
etrier 6 retire 6
5 Letter Words
retie 5 trier 5
4 Letter Words
rete 4 rite 4 tier 4 tire 4 tree 4
3 Letter Words
ere 3 err 3 ire 3 ree 3 rei 3 ret 3 tee 3 tie 3
2 Letter Words
er 2 et 2 it 2 re 2 te 2 ti 2
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