retiring

«retiring» in Mova's school dictionary: Adjective: shy and quiet; not liking to be noticed: a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (retiring); also the -ing form of retire (retire, retires, retired, retiring)

meaning for a pupil

1) Adjective: shy and quiet; not liking to be noticed: a retiring person. tree →

2) Verb form: stopping work because of age: My grandad is retiring next month. tree →

3) Verb form (formal): going to bed, or going away to a quiet place. tree →

4) Verb form (sport): leaving a race or game early, often from injury. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories «a shy, retiring girl» describes someone quiet. In everyday life people retire from work, often in their sixties, and get a pension. «Retiring age» is the age people stop work. In cricket a batter may «retire hurt».

examples

• Our retiring head teacher got a big card from every class. tree →
• She was a quiet, retiring child who loved books. tree →
• Grandma is retiring and plans to travel. tree →
• The guests are retiring to bed. tree →
• The driver is retiring from the race with a flat tyre. tree →
• The retiring age is going up in many countries. tree →
• The last sound Peter heard before he was quite alone were the mermaids retiring one by one to their bedchambers under the sea. tree →

note

Noun: retirement; a person who retired: a retiree, a pensioner (UK). Do not confuse «retiring» (shy) with «tiring» (making you tired).

In the corpora

• Retiring means stopping paid work for good, usually in your sixties, and living on a pension and savings.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «retiring» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.