retire

retire is a 6-letter English word with 21 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
2. transitive verb. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
3. transitive verb. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
4. intransitive verb. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
5. intransitive verb. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
6. intransitive verb. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
7. intransitive verb. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
8. intransitive verb. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
9. noun. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
10. noun. A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
11. verb. prepare for sleep

    "I usually turn in at midnight"

    "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

    Synonyms: bed

12. verb. cause to get out

    "The pitcher retired three batters"

    "the runner was put out at third base"

13. verb. cause to be out on a fielding play
14. verb. lose interest

    "he retired from life when his wife died"

    Synonyms: withdraw

15. verb. pull back or move away or backward

    "The enemy withdrew"

    "The limo pulled away from the curb"

    Synonyms: recede, retreat, withdraw

16. verb. dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)

    "She finally retired that old coat"

17. verb. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

    "He retired at age 68"

18. verb. withdraw from active participation

    "He retired from chess"

    Synonyms: withdraw

19. verb. make (someone) retire

    "The director was retired after the scandal"

20. verb. break from a meeting or gathering

    "We adjourned for lunch"

    "The men retired to the library"

    Synonyms: adjourn, withdraw

21. verb. withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

Synonyms

bed, withdraw, recede, retreat, adjourn

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in retire:

etrier, reiter, retier, terrie, tierer

Common word forms

retired, retirer, retires, retirees, retiring, retirement

Words from these letters

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