Dictionary entry details
• RETIRE (verb)
Meaning:
Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
He retired at age 68
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
Meaning:
Withdraw from active participation
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
retire; withdraw
Context example:
He retired from chess
Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):
cease; discontinue; give up; lay off; quit; stop (put an end to a state or an activity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Pull back or move away or backward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retreat; withdraw; retire
Context examples:
The enemy withdrew / The limo pulled away from the curb
Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retire"):
back down; back off; back up (move backwards from a certain position)
fall back; recede; retire (move back and away from)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Move back and away from
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
recede; fall back; retire
Context example:
The enemy fell back
Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):
draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retire; retreat; withdraw (pull back or move away or backward)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retire"):
ebb; ebb away; ebb down; ebb off; ebb out (flow back or recede)
retreat; retrograde (move back)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
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
Meaning:
Break from a meeting or gathering
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
adjourn; retire; withdraw
Context examples:
We adjourned for lunch / The men retired to the library
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)
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
Meaning:
Make (someone) retire
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
The director was retired after the scandal
Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):
can; dismiss; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of)
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
Meaning:
Dispose of; as of old clothes
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
pension off; retire
Context example:
She finally retired that old coat
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
Meaning:
Lose interest
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
retire; withdraw
Context example:
he retired from life when his wife died
Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):
fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (get tired of something or somebody)
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
Meaning:
Cause to be out on a fielding play
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
put out; retire
Hypernyms (to "retire" is one way to...):
diddle; fiddle; play; toy (manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination)
Domain category:
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
Meaning:
Cause to retire
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
strike out; retire
Context examples:
The pitcher retired three batters / the runner was put out at third base
Cause:
ease up; give; give way; move over; yield (move in order to make room for someone for something)
Domain category:
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
Meaning:
Prepare for sleep
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
crawl in; go to bed; go to sleep; hit the hay; hit the sack; kip down; sack out; turn in; bed; retire
Context examples:
I usually turn in at midnight / He goes to bed at the crack of dawn
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retire"):
bed down; bunk down (go to bed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
