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Meaning of retire


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  retire
      v 1: go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw
           from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
      2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
         [syn: {retire}, {withdraw}]
      3: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
         "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: {withdraw},
         {retreat}, {pull away}, {draw back}, {recede}, {pull back},
         {retire}, {move back}] [ant: {advance}, {go on}, {march on},
         {move on}, {pass on}, {progress}]
      4: withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills,
         shares, and bonds
      5: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
         "The men retired to the library" [syn: {adjourn}, {withdraw},
         {retire}]
      6: make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the
         scandal"
      7: dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She
         finally retired that old coat"
      8: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
         [syn: {retire}, {withdraw}]
      9: cause to be out on a fielding play [syn: {put out}, {retire}]
      10: cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the
          runner was put out at third base" [syn: {retire}, {strike
          out}]
      11: prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes
          to bed at the crack of dawn" [syn: {go to bed}, {turn in},
          {bed}, {crawl in}, {kip down}, {hit the hay}, {hit the
          sack}, {sack out}, {go to sleep}, {retire}] [ant: {arise},
          {get up}, {rise}, {turn out}, {uprise}]


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