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RETIRE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prepare for sleep

Example:

He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

Synonyms:

bed; crawl in; go to bed; go to sleep; hit the hay; hit the sack; kip down; retire; sack out; turn in

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retire"):

bed down; bunk down (go to bed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to get out

Example:

the runner was put out at third base

Synonyms:

retire; strike out

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Cause:

ease up; give; give way; move over; yield (move in order to make room for someone for something)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to be out on a fielding play

Synonyms:

put out; retire

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):

diddle; fiddle; play; toy (manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lose interest

Example:

he retired from life when his wife died

Synonyms:

retire; withdraw

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):

fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (lose interest or become bored with something or somebody)

Verb group:

retire; withdraw (withdraw from active participation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retire"):

back down; back off; bow out; chicken out; pull out (remove oneself from an obligation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 5

Meaning:

Pull back or move away or backward

Example:

The limo pulled away from the curb

Synonyms:

draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retire; retreat; withdraw

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Verb group:

back away; back out; crawfish; crawfish out; pull back; pull in one's horns; retreat; withdraw (make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retire"):

fall back (move back and away from)

retreat; retrograde (move back)

back down; back off; back up (move backwards from a certain position)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)

Example:

She finally retired that old coat

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):

cast aside; cast away; cast out; chuck out; discard; dispose; fling; put away; throw away; throw out; toss; toss away; toss out (throw or cast away)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

Example:

He retired at age 68

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):

leave office; quit; resign; step down (give up or retire from a position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retire"):

superannuate (retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity)

bow out; withdraw (retire gracefully)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

retiree (someone who has retired from active working)

retirement (withdrawal from your position or occupation)

retirement (the state of being retired from one's business or occupation)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Withdraw from active participation

Example:

He retired from chess

Synonyms:

retire; withdraw

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):

cease; discontinue; give up; lay off; quit; stop (put an end to a state or an activity)

Verb group:

retire; withdraw (lose interest)

bow out; withdraw (retire gracefully)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retire"):

drop out (withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

retiree (someone who has retired from active working)

retirement (withdrawal from your position or occupation)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Make (someone) retire

Example:

The director was retired after the scandal

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):

can; dismiss; displace; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)

Cause:

retire (go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retire"):

superannuate (retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 10

Meaning:

Break from a meeting or gathering

Example:

The men retired to the library

Synonyms:

adjourn; retire; withdraw

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):

close; close down; close up; fold; shut down (cease to operate or cause to cease operating)

"Retire" entails doing...:

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Verb group:

seclude; sequester; sequestrate; withdraw (keep away from others)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retire"):

prorogue (adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 11

Meaning:

Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):

recall (make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

Laurie retired to the window, and Jo told her story.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He considered his disposition as of the sort which must suffer heavily, uniting very strong feelings with quiet, serious, and retiring manners, and a decided taste for reading, and sedentary pursuits.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

NDC codes change often as companies merge, new products are introduced, and drugs are retired.

(FDA National Drug Code, NCI Thesaurus)

A fine place, but very retired.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A cottage in some retired village would be ecstasy.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

At his wife’s entreaty he had just retired from the ring, and was uncertain how he should employ himself.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Captain Smollett is now retired from the sea.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Before they retired the Professor fixed up the room against any coming of the Vampire, and assured Mrs. Harker that she might rest in peace.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

As he passed he observed that his old housekeeper had put out her lamp and retired.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Baseball players also often retire from stressful throwing activities once they stop professional play.

(Physical Activity Brings Lasting Bone Benefits, NIH, US)