Retire (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used without object), re·tired, re·tir·ing.
  1. to withdraw from one's career, occupation, or office, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty.
  2. to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study.
  3. to go to bed: He retired at midnight.
  4. to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.
  5. to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
verb (used with object), re·tired, re·tir·ing.
  1. to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem.
  2. to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat.
  3. to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive.
  4. to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use.
  5. to put out or end the offensive play of (a batter, runner, side, etc.): The pitcher’s on fire, retiring the last five hitters with strikeouts.With two runners stranded on base, the side is retired.
noun Literary.
  1. a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat.
  2. retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others.
noun, plural re·ti·rés [French ruh-tee-rey]. /French rə tiˈreɪ/. Ballet.
  1. a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
verb (mainly intr)
  1. to give up or to cause (a person) to give up his work, a post, etc, esp on reaching pensionable age (in Britain and Australia usually 65 for men, 60 for women)
  2. to go away, as into seclusion, for recuperation, etc
  3. to go to bed
  4. to recede or disappear
  5. to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp because of injury
  6. to pull back (troops, etc) from battle or an exposed position or (of troops, etc) to fall back
  7. (tr)
    • to remove (bills, bonds, shares, etc) from circulation by taking them up and paying for them
    • to remove (money) from circulation
Retire (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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