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retires
We have found lemma(root) word of retires : retire.
Definitions
[rɪˈtʌɪə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- leave one's job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service
(e.g: he retired from the Navy in 1986)
- withdraw to or from a particular place
(e.g: she retired into the bathroom)
- withdraw (a bill or note) from circulation or currency
- pay off or cancel (a debt)
(e.g: the debt is to be retired from state gaming-tax receipts)
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘withdraw to a place of safety or seclusion’): from French retirer, from re- ‘back’ + tirer ‘draw’
[ˌrɛtiːˈreɪ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a movement in which one leg is raised at right angles to the body until the toe is in line with the knee of the supporting leg
Phrases:
Origin
:
French, literally ‘drawn back’
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