retreat
1. (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat (Freq. 3)
- the disorderly retreat of French troops
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
withdrawal
• Hyponyms:
disengagement, fallback, pullout
2. a place of privacy;
a place affording peace and quiet
• Hypernyms:
area, country
• Hyponyms:
ashram, nook, nest, pleasance, sanctum, sanctum sanctorum
• Instance Hyponyms:
Camp David
3. (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
signal, signaling, sign
4. (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
bugle call
5. an area where you can be alone
• Syn:
hideaway
• Hypernyms:
area
6. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
- the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity
• Syn:
retirement
• Hypernyms:
withdrawal
7. the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
• Ant:
advance
• Hypernyms:
withdrawal
1. pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 10)
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
• Syn:
withdraw, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back,
retire, move back
• Ant:
advance (for: recede)
• Derivationally related forms:
pullback (for: pull back), receding (for: recede), withdrawal (for: withdraw)
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
fall back, retrograde, back up, back off, back down
• Verb Group:
pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out,
pull in one's horns, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
2. move away, as for privacy
- The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
cocoon
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
3. move back
- The glacier retrogrades
• Syn:
retrograde
• Hypernyms:
withdraw, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back,
retire, move back
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
- He backed out of his earlier promise
- The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
• Syn:
pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out,
pull in one's horns, withdraw
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawer (for: withdraw), withdrawal (for: withdraw)
• Verb Group:
withdraw, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back,
retire, move back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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