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Definition retire

Etymology 1

From Middle French retirer (“draw back”), from prefix re- (“back”), + verb tirer (“draw, pull”), from Old French tirer, tirier (“to draw out, arrange, adorn”), from tire, tiere (“row, rank, order, dress”) of Germanic origin akin to Old English and Old Saxon Old Saxon t?r (“fame, glory, ornament”), Old English Old English t?er (“rank, row”), Old High German ziari, z?ri (“ornament”), German German Zier (“ornament, adornment”), zieren (“to adorn”). More at tier.

Verb

retire (third-person singular simple present retires, present participle retiring, simple past and past participle retired)

1. (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
2. (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.
3. (transitive) To cease use or production of something.
4. (transitive) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
5. (transitive) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
6. (transitive, cricket, of a batsman) To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
7. (transitive, baseball, 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.
8. (intransitive) To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
9. (intransitive) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
10. (intransitive) To recede; to fall or bend back.
11. (intransitive) To go to bed.
12. (transitive) To remove or cease to use.

Noun

retire (plural retires)

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

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ tire.

Verb

retire (third-person singular simple present retires, present participle retiring, simple past and past participle retired)

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

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