Crossword clues for retiring
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retired; p. pr. & vb. n. Retiring.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See Tirade.]
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To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.
--Sir P. Sidney.As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray.
--Sir J. Davies. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
Retiring \Re*tir"ing\, a.
Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, "departing, retreating," present participle adjective from retire (v.). Also "fond of retiring, disposed to seclusion," hence "unobtrusive, modest, subdued" (1766).
Wiktionary
1 shy, introverted, liking privacy. 2 About to retire. n. retirement v
(present participle of retire English)
WordNet
adj. not blatant or overly aggressive in manner or appearance; "a retiring disposition" [syn: unassertive]
moving toward a position farther from the front; "the receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline" [syn: receding]
not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl" [syn: unassuming]
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)]
Usage examples of "retiring".
In the summer, however, her majesty made a cruise in her yacht, before retiring to her autumnal Scottish retreat.
On the verge of rising to coax his charge to consider retiring to the comfort in an alehouse, Brith froze.
On the 28th Kimberley had been relieved, the Boer army was scattered or taken, the lines of Magersfontein were in our possession, Clements found his assailants retiring before him, Gatacre was able to advance at Stormberg, Buller had a weakening army in front of him, and Ladysmith was on the eve of relief.
At last, after exposing his person in the most perilous situations, his Prussian majesty drew off his forces from the field of battle, retiring in such good order, in sight of the enemy, as prevented a pursuit, or the loss of his artillery and baggage.
Erin knew what that meant, and as they settled down in front of the TV, she wondered what masochistic impulse kept her from excusing herself and retiring to her room with a book.
This mattered the less to her, as she was retiring by disposition, and very much absorbed, to all appearance, in her husband and her domestic duties.
The prisoner whom you there see pale, agitated, and alarmed, instead ofas is the case when a curtain falls on a tragedygoing home to sup peacefully with his family, and then retiring to rest, that he may recommence his mimic woes on the morrow,is removed from your sight merely to be reconducted to his prison and delivered up to the executioner.
The prisoner whom you there see pale, agitated, and alarmed, instead of -- as is the case when a curtain falls on a tragedy -- going home to sup peacefully with his family, and then retiring to rest, that he may recommence his mimic woes on the morrow, -- is removed from your sight merely to be reconducted to his prison and delivered up to the executioner.
She made a polite excuse of needing the retiring room and, moving quickly away from the dance floor, did not notice Malcolm Routier until he spoke.
The Shadow also shook hands with Fitzhugh Salter, the curator, a middle-aged man of portly proportions, chubby-faced, and of retiring disposition.
Within seconds, the Shou lines had become a jumble as retiring units ran headlong into each other.
As it was the British men of Anzac were temporarily driven back, retiring with terrible loss.
Before retiring for the night the major and Truman Flagg cautiously approached the tool-house, and, listening at its single open window, which was merely a slit cut through the logs at the back to serve as a loop-hole for musketry, plainly heard the heavy breathing that assured them of the safety of the prisoners.
Though they seemed no part of Chinatown, they were actually inhabited by quiet, retiring Celestials, the overflow of those who dwelt in the quarter itself.
Before retiring to rest the house-father goes to the cowhouse with holy water and consecrated salt, asperges it from without, and then entering, sprinkles every cow.