Definition/Meaning of retire

• English - Noun: retire ( plural retires ) ( rare ) The act of retiring , or the state of being retired; also , a place to which one retires . ( dated ) A call sounded on a bugle , announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire , or fall back . At the retire , the cavalry fell back .
• English - Verb: retire ( third-person singular simple present retires , present participle retiring , simple past and past participle retired ) ( transitive ) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively . Sir Philip Sidney He [ … ] retired himself , his wife , and children into a forest . Sir J . Davies As when the sun is present all the year , / And never doth retire his golden ray . ( transitive…
• French - Verb: retire first-person singular present indicative of retirer third-person singular present indicative of retirer first-person singular present subjunctive of retirer third-person singular present subjunctive of retirer second-person singular imperative of retirer
• Portuguese - Verb: retire first-person singular present subjunctive of retirar third-person singular present subjunctive of retirar first-person singular imperative of retirar third-person singular imperative of retirar
• Spanish - Verb: retire Formal second-person singular ( usted ) imperative form of retirar . First-person singular ( yo ) present subjunctive form of retirar . Formal second-person singular ( usted ) present subjunctive form of retirar . Third-person singular ( él , ella , also used with usted ? ) present subjunctive form of retirar .