Dictionary entry details
• RETREAT (noun)
Meaning:
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the disorderly retreat of French troops
Hypernyms ("retreat" is a kind of...):
withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retreat"):
disengagement; fallback; pullout (to break off a military action with an enemy)
Meaning:
A place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("retreat" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retreat"):
sanctum; sanctum sanctorum (a place of inviolable privacy)
pleasance (a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion)
nest (a cosy or secluded retreat)
nook (a sheltered and secluded place)
ashram (a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram)
ashram ((India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus)
Instance hyponyms:
Camp David (retreat northwest of Washington used by the president of the United States)
Meaning:
(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("retreat" is a kind of...):
sign; signal; signaling (any communication that encodes a message)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Meaning:
(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("retreat" is a kind of...):
bugle call (a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Meaning:
An area where you can be alone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hideaway; retreat
Hypernyms ("retreat" is a kind of...):
area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function)
Meaning:
Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
retirement; retreat
Context example:
the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity
Hypernyms ("retreat" is a kind of...):
withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)
• RETREAT (verb)
Meaning:
Pull back or move away or backward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
withdraw; retreat; recede; pull back; pull away; move back; draw back; retire
Context examples:
The enemy withdrew / The limo pulled away from the curb
Hypernyms (to "retreat" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retreat"):
fall back; recede; retire (move back and away from)
back down; back off; back up (move backwards from a certain position)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Move away, as for privacy
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer
Hypernyms (to "retreat" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retreat"):
cocoon (retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Move back
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
retreat; retrograde
Context example:
The glacier retrogrades
Hypernyms (to "retreat" is one way to...):
fall back; recede; retire (move back and away from)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
pull in one's horns; crawfish out; crawfish; back away; back out; retreat; pull back; withdraw
Context examples:
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
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
