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retiring - 5 dictionary results
re⋅tir⋅ing
[ri-tahyuh
r-ing] 
–adjective
| 1. | that retires. |
| 2. | withdrawing from contact with others; reserved; shy. |
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. |
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| re·tire (rĭ-tīr') v. re·tired, re·tir·ing, re·tires v. intr.
[French retirer, to retreat, from Old French, to take back : re-, re- + tirer, to draw; see tier1.] |
| re·tir·ing (rĭ-tīr'ĭng) adj. Shy and reserved; modest. re·tir'ing·ly adv., re·tir'ing·ness n. |
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Retiring
Re*tir"ing\, a. 1. Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners. 2. Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement. Retiring board (Mil.), a board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service. Retiring pension, a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service.
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Language Translation for : retiring
Spanish:
retraído, reservado,
German:
zurückhaltend,
Japanese:
内気な
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