Sekirov Dictionary

retire

UK /ɹɪˈtaɪə/US /ɹəˈtaɪɹ/

verb 12
noun 3
/ɹiˈtaɪɚ/ verb 1
forms 6

verb12

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to stop having a job for the rest of life, most often after growing old
- Having made a large fortune, he retired.
- He wants to retire at 55.
•
To stop playing their sport and in competitions a sports player.
- I have decided to retire from football at the end of the season after the World Cup.
- I have decided to retire from test cricket at 45.
•
To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
- The board retired the old major.
•
To cease use or production of something.
- The steamship made thousands of trips over several decades before it was retired by the shipping company.
- When a hurricane becomes so deadly or destructive that future use would be insensitive, officials may retire the name of the hurricane.
•
To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
- The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
•
To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
- I will retire to the study.
•
To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
- The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
•
To go to bed.
- I will retire for the night.
•
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. Also, when such an event ends a team's turn at bat.
- Jones retired Smith 6-3.
- Jones makes the catch for the third out, and that retires the side.
•
[with oneself] To withdraw; to take away.
- He […] retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. — 1587
•
To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
- Jones retired in favour of Smith.
•
To recede; to fall or bend back.
- Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.

noun3

(rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired.
A place to which one retires.
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(old-fashioned) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
- At the retire, the cavalry fell back.

retire

/ɹiˈtaɪɚ/

verb1

To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.

forms

retir'd · retired · retiring · retires · retireth · retirest

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