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WITHDRAWING |
Retiring |
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ALARMS |
They’re set before retiring |
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EXTROVERTED |
Unlikely to be retiring |
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SHY |
Retiring colony worker left shanty |
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DOWNLYING |
The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. |
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GREENROOM |
The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater. |
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RETIRING |
Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring
modesty; retiring manners. |
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EBB TIDE |
The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to
flood tide. |
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RECESS |
A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the
recess of the tides. |
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RETREAT |
The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially
from what is dangerous or disagreeable. |
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DERELICTION |
A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of
high-water mark, whereby land is gained. |
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RETIRE |
The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a
place to which one retires. |
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RETIREMENT |
The act of retiring, or the state of being retired;
withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. |
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UNASSUMING |
Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or
presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth;
unassuming manners. |
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TAP |
A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in
soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a
quarter of an hour after tattoo. |
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MODEST |
Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward,
bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's
self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man. |
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SPOUTFISH |
A marine animal that spouts water; -- applied especially
to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or
squirt out, water when retiring into their holes. |
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SOLITAIRE |
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Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called
also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans... |