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retired |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retired \Re*tired"\, a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as a retired officer; a retired physician. {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv -- {Re*tired"ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: retired adj 1: no longer active in your work or profession 2: honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in "professor emeritus"; "retired from `assigned duties'" does not necessarily imply that one is inactive [syn: {emeritus}] 3: (baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" [syn: {out(p)}] [ant: {safe(p)}] 4: (of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was placed out of service after the war" [syn: {out of service}] 5: discharged as too old for use or work especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant" [syn: {superannuated}]
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