retire
1. go into retirement;
stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position (Freq. 18)
- He retired at age 68
• Derivationally related forms:
retirement, retiree
• Hypernyms:
leave office, quit, step down, resign
• Hyponyms:
superannuate, bow out, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. withdraw from active participation (Freq. 7)
- He retired from chess
• Syn:
withdraw
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawal (for: withdraw), retirement, retiree
• Hypernyms:
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
• Hyponyms:
drop out
• Verb Group:
bow out, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 2)
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
• Syn:
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede,
pull back, 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, retreat, back up, back off, back down
• Verb Group:
retreat, 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
4. withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
recall
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. break from a meeting or gathering (Freq. 1)
- We adjourned for lunch
- The men retired to the library
• Syn:
adjourn, withdraw
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawal (for: withdraw), adjournment (for: adjourn)
• Hypernyms:
close up, close, fold, shut down, close down
• Hyponyms:
prorogue
• Verb Group:
seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
• Entailment:
meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something (for: adjourn)
6. make (someone) retire (Freq. 1)
- The director was retired after the scandal
• Hypernyms:
displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss,
give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Hyponyms:
superannuate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
7. dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) (Freq. 1)
- She finally retired that old coat
• Hypernyms:
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away,
chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. lose interest
- he retired from life when his wife died
• Syn:
withdraw
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawer (for: withdraw), withdrawal (for: withdraw)
• Hypernyms:
tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
• Hyponyms:
chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out
• Verb Group:
withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
9. cause to be out on a fielding play
• Syn:
put out
• Derivationally related forms:
putout (for: put out)
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
toy, fiddle, diddle, play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
10. prepare for sleep
- I usually turn in at midnight
- He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
• Syn:
go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down,
hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep
• Ant:
turn out (for: turn in), get up (for: go to bed)
• Hyponyms:
bed down, bunk down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
11. cause to get out
- The pitcher retired three batters
- the runner was put out at third base
• Syn:
strike out
• Derivationally related forms:
strikeout (for: strike out)
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Cause:
move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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