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# retire

«retire» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **older** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (retire, retires, retired, retiring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To stop working, usually because you are older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#m1)

2) (sport) To stop playing in a game or race, often because of injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#m2)

3) (formal) To go to bed or to a quiet room: «retire for the night». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#m3)

4) (formal) To go away from a place, like an army moving back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the story of David and Uriah it means to draw back in battle and leave a man alone to die. Interpretation: Tradition counts this as a great sin of David, for which the prophet Nathan rebuked him and David repented. In the primary lessons: Adult life seen by a child: Grandma retired from nursing; a retirement party. In sport, a player retires injured or retires from the sport. In old stories, ladies «retire to the drawing room». Phrases: «retire from», «retire early», «retire hurt», «retired teacher».

### examples

- And he wrote in the letter, saying: 'Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.' (Prophets 2SA.11.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#x1)
- Grandad retired after working at the post office for many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#x2)
- The runner had to retire from the race with a sore leg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#x3)
- The guests retired for the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#x4)
- She plans to retire to the seaside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#x5)
- My retired neighbour grows tomatoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#x6)
- The army retired behind the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Noun «retirement», person «retiree». Adjective «retired». «Retiring» can also mean shy. Retired people often receive a pension (money paid regularly).

### In the corpora

- [Retiring means stopping paid work for good, usually in your sixties, and living on a pension and savings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/16/)
- [A police dog lives with its handler and usually retires to live with the handler's family as a pet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs/5/)
- [Most professional footballers retire in their 30s, and many outside the top leagues earn ordinary wages and need a second career.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes/9/)
- [A pension is money paid to people after they retire, built up from what they paid in while working.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «retire» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/retire/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.