verb

• (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
  "Having made a large fortune, he retired."
• (intransitive, sports) To stop playing their sport and in competitions a sports player.
  "I have decided to retire from football at the end of the season after the World Cup."
• (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.
  "He […] retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest."
• (transitive) To cease use or production of something.
  "The steamship made thousands of trips over several decades before it was retired by the shipping company."

noun

• (rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired.
• (dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
  "At the retire, the cavalry fell back."

verb

• (transitive, American spelling) To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.