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1. To leave a job, a career voluntarily, or to stop working when a person is no longer able to continue to work due to age, ill health, etc.: Wayne gave up his career so he could retire at leisure on his pension.
2. To stop participating in daily activities in order to go to bed at the end of the day in order to sleep: Glendora said, "I'm tired, so I will retire and go to bed now because my "nappetite" must be satisfied."
3. To leave a place, a position, or a way of life and to go to a place of less activity: The prominent surgeon decided to retire from his hospital work and to move to the country.
4. To stop a person or an animal from performing some activity because of illness or an inability to continue that activity: The manager decided to retire his prize winning race horse and to keep him for breeding purposes.
5. To take a machine or a piece of equipment out of service: The ancient harvester was finally retired and replaced by a diesel engine.
6. To fall back, or to move military troops away from a position, action, or danger: The command came from headquarters that the troops should be retired to the distant hills.
7. To end a baseball batter's or team's turn at bat by getting batters out: The baseball pitcher retired ten batters in a row.
8. To withdraw from a sports contest, or to withdraw someone from a sports contest, because of an inability to continue: The short stop was temporarily retired from the game due to his outrageous comments about his teammates.
9. To take a loan, a stock, a bond, or other financial instrument out of circulation by paying for it: Monroe retired his mortgage early and was pleased with his monthly savings.
10. To be bent or turned back: The shore retired to form a bay.
11. Etymology: from the mid 16th century (in the sense "to withdraw to a place of safety or seclusion"): from Middle French retirer, "to withdraw (something)" which comes from Latin re-, "back, again, against" + Old French tirer, "to draw".
2. To stop participating in daily activities in order to go to bed at the end of the day in order to sleep: Glendora said, "I'm tired, so I will retire and go to bed now because my "nappetite" must be satisfied."
3. To leave a place, a position, or a way of life and to go to a place of less activity: The prominent surgeon decided to retire from his hospital work and to move to the country.
4. To stop a person or an animal from performing some activity because of illness or an inability to continue that activity: The manager decided to retire his prize winning race horse and to keep him for breeding purposes.
5. To take a machine or a piece of equipment out of service: The ancient harvester was finally retired and replaced by a diesel engine.
6. To fall back, or to move military troops away from a position, action, or danger: The command came from headquarters that the troops should be retired to the distant hills.
7. To end a baseball batter's or team's turn at bat by getting batters out: The baseball pitcher retired ten batters in a row.
8. To withdraw from a sports contest, or to withdraw someone from a sports contest, because of an inability to continue: The short stop was temporarily retired from the game due to his outrageous comments about his teammates.
9. To take a loan, a stock, a bond, or other financial instrument out of circulation by paying for it: Monroe retired his mortgage early and was pleased with his monthly savings.
10. To be bent or turned back: The shore retired to form a bay.
11. Etymology: from the mid 16th century (in the sense "to withdraw to a place of safety or seclusion"): from Middle French retirer, "to withdraw (something)" which comes from Latin re-, "back, again, against" + Old French tirer, "to draw".
The words retire and retiring come from French retirer, "pull back".
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English Words in Action, Group R
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