retire

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Synonyms: retie, retine, retiree, rewire, rehire, retime, refire, retile, retiro

Antonyms: retie, retine, retiree, rewire, rehire, retime, refire, retile, retiro

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
   • Having made a large fortune, he retired.
   • He wants to retire at 55.
   • She decided to retire from her banking job due to stress.
2. 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.
3. To withdraw; to take away.
4. 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.
5. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
   • The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
6. 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.
7. To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
   • Jones retired in favour of Smith.
8. 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.
9. To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
   • I will retire to the study.
   • to retire from the world
   • to retire from the public eye
10. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
    • to retire from battle
    • The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
11. To recede; to fall or bend back.
    • Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.
12. To go to bed.
    • I will retire for the night.

Noun

1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired.
2. A place to which one retires.
3. A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
   • At the retire, the cavalry fell back.

Verb

1. To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.

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