ALL meanings of retreat
re·treat
R r - noun retreat the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action. 1
- noun retreat the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement; seclusion. 1
- noun retreat a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy: The library was his retreat. 1
- noun retreat an asylum, as for the insane. 1
- noun retreat a retirement or a period of retirement for religious exercises and meditation. 1
- noun retreat Military. a flag-lowering ceremony held at sunset on a military post. the bugle call or drumbeat played at this ceremony. 1
- noun retreat the recession of a surface, as a wall or panel, from another surface beside it. 1
- verb without object retreat to withdraw, retire, or draw back, especially for shelter or seclusion. 1
- verb without object retreat to make a retreat: The army retreated. 1
- verb without object retreat to slope backward; recede: a retreating chin. 1
- verb without object retreat to draw or lead back. 1
- idioms retreat beat a retreat, to withdraw or retreat, especially hurriedly or in disgrace. 1
- noun retreat military 1
- noun retreat place for privacy 1
- noun retreat from earlier statements 1
- noun retreat stay at a retreat 1
- intransitive verb retreat from statement, position 1
- verb retreat If you retreat, you move away from something or someone. 0
- verb retreat When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them. 0
- verb retreat Retreat is also a noun. 0
- verb retreat If you retreat from something such as a plan or a way of life, you give it up, usually in order to do something safer or less extreme. 0
- countable noun retreat A retreat is a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private. 0
- verb retreat to withdraw or retire in the face of or from action with an enemy, either due to defeat or in order to adopt a more favourable position 0
- verb retreat to retire or withdraw, as to seclusion or shelter 0
- verb retreat (of a person's features) to slope back; recede 0
- verb retreat to move (a piece) back 0
- noun retreat the act of retreating or withdrawing 0
- noun retreat a withdrawal or retirement in the face of the enemy 0
- noun retreat a bugle call signifying withdrawal or retirement, esp (formerly) to within a defended fortification 0
- noun retreat retirement or seclusion 0
- noun retreat a place, such as a sanatorium or monastery, to which one may retire for refuge, quiet, etc 0
- noun retreat a period of seclusion, esp for religious contemplation 0
- noun retreat an institution, esp a private one, for the care and treatment of people who are mentally ill, infirm, elderly, etc 0
- noun retreat a going back or backward; withdrawal in the face of opposition or from a dangerous or unpleasant situation 0
- noun retreat withdrawal to a safe or private place 0
- noun retreat a safe, quiet, or secluded place 0
- noun retreat an organized group withdrawal from regular activities, as for religious contemplation, the development of closer relationships, etc. 0
- noun retreat a residential institution for the care of the aged, mentally ill, etc. 0
- noun retreat the withdrawal of troops, ships, etc. from a position, esp. when forced by enemy attack 0
- noun retreat a signal for such a withdrawal 0
- noun retreat a signal given by bugle or drum at sunset for lowering the national flag 0
- noun retreat the ceremony at which this is done 0
- intransitive verb retreat to withdraw; make a retreat 0
- intransitive verb retreat to slope backward 0
- verb transitive retreat to lead or draw back 0
- verb transitive retreat to withdraw (a piece), as from a dangerous position 0