What is the meaning of retire?

verb

• Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.
  • usage: "He retired at age 68"
• Withdraw from active participation.
  • usage: "He retired from chess"
  • synonyms: withdraw
• Pull back or move away or backward.
  • usage: "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
  • synonyms: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move back
• Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds.
• Break from a meeting or gathering.
  • usage: "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
  • synonyms: adjourn, withdraw
• Make (someone) retire.
  • usage: "The director was retired after the scandal"
• Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed. )
  • usage: "She finally retired that old coat"
• Lose interest.
  • usage: "he retired from life when his wife died"
  • synonyms: withdraw
• Cause to be out on a fielding play.
  • synonyms: put out
• Cause to get out.
  • usage: "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
  • synonyms: strike out
• Prepare for sleep.
  • usage: "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
  • synonyms: go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep