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retiring

[ri-tahyuhr-ing] Origin

re·tir·ing

[ri-tahyuhr-ing]
adjective
1.
that retires.
2.
withdrawing from contact with others; reserved; shy.

Origin:
1540–50; retire + -ing2

re·tir·ing·ly, adverb
re·tir·ing·ness, noun
non·re·tir·ing, adjective
un·re·tir·ing, adjective


2. diffident, bashful, timid.

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re·tire

[ri-tahyuhr] verb, -tired, -tir·ing, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study.
2.
to go to bed: He retired at midnight.
3.
to withdraw from office, business, or active life, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty.
4.
to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.
5.
to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
verb (used with object)
6.
to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem.
7.
to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat.
8.
to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive.
9.
to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use.
10.
Sports. to put out (a batter, side, etc.).
noun Literary.
11.
a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat.
12.
retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others.

Origin:
1525–35; < Middle French retirer to withdraw, equivalent to re- re- + tirer to draw

re·tir·er, noun


5. leave, withdraw. See depart.

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retiring (rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ)
 
adj
shunning contact with others; shy; reserved
 
re'tiringly
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

retire
1533, of armies, "to retreat," from M.Fr. retirer "to withdraw (something)," from re- "back" + O.Fr. tirer "to draw" (see tirade). Meaning "to withdraw to some place for the sake of seclusion" is recorded from 1538; sense of "leave an occupation" first attested 1648 (implied
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in retirement). Meaning "to leave company and go to bed" is from 1670. Baseball sense of "to put out" is recorded from 1874. Retiree is attested from 1945.
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