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retire

English

  1. 🔊 cause to get out
    “The pitcher retired three batters”
  2. 🔊 lose interest
    “he retired from life when his wife died”
  3. 🔊 dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
    “She finally retired that old coat”
  4. 🔊 go into retirement
    “He retired at age 68”
  5. 🔊 withdraw from active participation
    “He retired from chess”
  6. 🔊 make (someone) retire
    “The director was retired after the scandal”
  7. 🔊 withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
  8. 🔊 cause to be out on a fielding play
  9. 🔊 break from a meeting or gathering
    “We adjourned for lunch”
  10. 🔊 pull back or move away or backward
    “The enemy withdrew”
  11. 🔊 prepare for sleep
    “I usually turn in at midnight”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 jubilar to retire
  2. 🔊 retirar to retire

Similar words

go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep strike out put out withdraw withdraw retreat pull away draw back recede pull back move back withdraw adjourn withdraw abandon abdicate