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The Meaning of retire

  • (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.

Synonyms

go to bed , draw back , withdraw , hit the hay , strike out , hit the sack , turn in , pull back , put out , move back , retreat , recede , crawl in , go to sleep , bed , sack out , pull away , kip down , adjourn , swallow , sequester , seclude , back away , crawfish out , crawfish , take , call in , back out , take back , take out , unsay , bow out , recall , call back , sequestrate , draw , draw off , take away , disengage , pull in one's horns , remove , lose , drop off , fall back , fall behind , retrograde , retract , recess , break up , bother , bring out , anaesthetise , hold out , douse , release , put under , anaesthetize , publish , extend , anesthetize , stretch out , incommode , disoblige , trouble , discommode , stretch forth , exsert , smother , anesthetise , issue , inconvenience , mark , cross off , cross out , strike off , have intercourse , have a go at it , hand over , know , deliver , get laid , make love , put on , fork over , fork up , have sex , be intimate , love , bonk , eff , fuck , do it , lie with , render , make out , sleep together , jazz , sleep with , hump , fork out , screw , have it off , have it away , get it on , bang , roll in the hay

Rhymes

acquire , admire , afire , alkire , amplifier , aspire , attire , ayer , backfire , beier , beijer , berkshire , biedermeier , bleier , bonfire , breier , briar , brier , bryer , buyer , byer , campfire , cease-fire , ceasefire , choir , conspire , crier , crossfire , desire , devonshire , dire , dreier , drier , dryer , dubilier , dwire , dwyer , dyar , dyer , eir , emulsifier , enquire , entire , esquire , expire , eyer , fire , flier , flyer , friar , frier , fryar , fryer , frymire , geier , gire , glenayre , grier , guier , guire , gunfire , guyer , gyr , haywire , heier , hellfire , highflier , hire , humidifier , hyer , hyre , identifier , inquire , inspire , ire , iyer , izaguirre , kleier , klier , krier , kyer , lancashire , leier , liar , lyre , magnifier , maguire , martyre , mcguire , mcintire , mcquire , mctier , meyer , mier , mire , misfire , multiplier , myer , myre , neier , occupier , odwyer , pacifier , perspire , plier , plyer , prier , prior , pryer , pryor , purifier , pyre , quagmire , qualifier , quire , reacquire , rectifier , require , rewire , safire , satire , scheier , schier , schneier , schnier , schreier , schreyer , schrier , schryer , scire , shier , shire , shropshire , sire , skier , smyre , speier , spier , spire , squier , squire , staffordshire , steier , stier , styer , supplier , swier , tire , transpire , trier , tyer , tyre , umpire , untermeyer , viar , whitmire , wildfire , wiltshire , wire , wrier , wyer , wyre , yzaguirre