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  Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retired; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Retiring.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw.
     See Tirade.]
     1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
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              He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children
              into a forest.                        --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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              As when the sun is present all the year,
              And never doth retire his golden ray. --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
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     2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take
        up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
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     3. 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.
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  Retiring \Re*tir"ing\, a.
     1. Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring
        modesty; retiring manners.
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     2. Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited
        to, or belonging to, retirement.
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     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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  Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retired; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Retiring.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw.
     See Tirade.]
     1. 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.

  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.

  retiring
       adj 1: not blatant or overly aggressive in manner or appearance; "a
              retiring disposition" [syn: unassertive]
       2: moving toward a position farther from the front; "the
          receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs
          revealed the rocky coastline" [syn: receding]
       3: not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical
          about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl" [syn:
          unassuming]
       4: 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)]

  retiring
     a.
     introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
     n.
     retirement
     vb.
     (present participle of en retire nocat=1)

  retiring
     a.
     introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
     n.
     retirement
     vb.
     (present participle of en retire nocat=1)

  retiring
     a.
     introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
     n.
     retirement
     vb.
     (present participle of en retire nocat=1)

  retiring
     a.
     introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
     n.
     retirement
     vb.
     (present participle of en retire nocat=1)

  retiring
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm r etir ing e)

  retiring
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en retire ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb retire)

  Retiring /ɹɪtˈaɪəɹɪŋ/
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  retiring //ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ// 
  затворен, необщителен
  preferring their own company, liking privacy

  retiring /ɹɪtˈaɪəɹɪŋ/ 
  penzionování

  retiring /ɹɪtˈaɪəɹɪŋ/ 
  samotářský

  retiring /ɹɪtˈaɪəɹɪŋ/
  aufgebend
   see: retire, retired
  

  retiring /ɹɪtˈaɪəɹɪŋ/
  ausmusternd, außer Dienst stellend
     Synonym: decommissioning
  
   see: decommission sth., retire sth., decommissioned, retired, decommission a ship, retire a ship
  

  retiring /ɹɪtˈaɪəɹɪŋ/
  berentend, pensionierend, in den Ruhestand versetzend
   see: retire sb., retired
  

  retiring /ɹɪtˈaɪəɹɪŋ/
  stilllegend, auflassend
     Synonyms: shutting down, closing down, abandoning, disusing
  
   see: shut down, close down, abandon, disuse, retire sth., shut down, closed down, abandoned, disused, retired, shut in a well
  

  retiring /ɹɪtˈaɪəɹɪŋ/
  naklonjen, nenametljiv, plašljiv, povučen, skroman, usamljenost, uzdržljivost

  retiring /ɹɪtˈaɪəɹɪŋ/
  1. visszavonuló
  2. nyugdíjazás
  3. meghátráló
  4. lelépô
  5. nyugdíjba vonuló
  6. zárkózott természetû
  7. hátravonuló
  8. zárkózott
  9. visszavonulás
  10. elvonulás
  11. tartózkodó
  12. nem barátkozó
  13. hátráló
  14. nyugdíjba vonulás

  retiring /rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ/ 
   1.  ustępujący, idący na emeryturę
   2.  mało towarzyski
   3.  emerytalny

  retiring /ɹɪtˈaɪəɹɪŋ/
  1. utangaç, sıkılgan, çekingen.

  
/ɹiˈtaɪɝɪŋ/, /ɹiˈtaɪɹɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈtaɪɹɪŋ/

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "retiring":
     Olympian, aloof, aseptic, backward, bashful, blank, boat-shaped,
     boatlike, bowl-shaped, bowllike, cavelike, cavernous, chilled,
     chilly, cold, concave, concaved, constrained, cool, coy,
     craterlike, cup-shaped, cupped, cymbiform, declining, demure,
     detached, diffident, diminishing, discreet, dish-shaped, dished,
     dishing, dishlike, distant, dwindling, dying, ebbing,
     expressionless, fading, forbidding, frigid, frosty,
     funnel-breasted, funnel-chested, funnel-shaped, guarded, hollow,
     hollowed, humble, icy, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible,
     incurved, incurving, incurvous, infundibular, infundibuliform,
     introverted, meek, modest, navicular, naviform, offish, quiet,
     rabbity, receding, reclusive, remote, removed, repressed, reserved,
     restrained, reticent, retreating, saucer-shaped, scaphoid,
     scyphate, self-effacing, shrinking, shy, sinking, spoonlike,
     standoff, standoffish, subdued, sunk, sunken, suppressed, timid,
     timorous, unaffable, unapproachable, unassertive, unassuming,
     unassured, uncongenial, undemonstrative, unexpansive, ungenial,
     unpretentious, unsociable, unsocial, waning, withdrawn
  
  

  a. 隐退的,退休的,退缩的;

     a. 隐退的,退休的,退缩的