Retreatnoun
The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
Shrinkverb
(transitive) To cause to become smaller.
‘The dryer shrank my sweater.’;
Retreatnoun
The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
Shrinkverb
(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.
‘This garment will shrink when wet.’;
Retreatnoun
A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
Shrinkverb
(intransitive) To cower or flinch.
‘Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.’;
Retreatnoun
A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
Shrinkverb
(transitive) To draw back; to withdraw.
Retreatnoun
A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
‘We both need a week retreat after those two stressful years working in the city.’;
Shrinkverb
To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
Retreatnoun
A period of meditation, prayer or study.
Shrinkverb
(intransitive) To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
Retreatnoun
Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
‘The general opted for a swift retreat because he saw his troops were vastly outnumbered.’;
Shrinknoun
Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
Retreatnoun
A signal for a military withdrawal.
Shrinknoun
A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
‘You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool.’; ‘My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.’;
Retreatnoun
A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
Shrinknoun
Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.
Retreatnoun
A military ceremony to lower the flag.
Shrinkverb
To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
‘And on a broken reed he still did stayHis feeble steps, which shrunk when hard thereon he lay.’; ‘I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room.’; ‘Against this fire do I shrink up.’; ‘And shrink like parchment in consuming fire.’; ‘All the boards did shrink.’;
Retreatnoun
(chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
Shrinkverb
To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
‘What happier natures shrink at with affright,The hard inhabitant contends is right.’; ‘They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task.’;
Retreatverb
To withdraw from a position, go back.
Shrinkverb
To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.
Retreatverb
To withdraw militar forces
‘The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered.’;
Shrinkverb
To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
Retreatverb
To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.
Shrinkverb
To draw back; to withdraw.
‘The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn.’;
Retreatverb
To slope back.
‘a retreating forehead’;
Shrinknoun
The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
‘Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink,That I had less to praise.’;
Retreatnoun
The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
‘In a retreat he o truns any lackey.’;
Shrinknoun
a psychiatrist.
Retreatnoun
The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
‘He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat.’; ‘That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreatFrom sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.’;
Shrinknoun
a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Retreatnoun
The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
Shrinkverb
wither, especially with a loss of moisture;
‘The fruit dried and shriveled’;
Retreatnoun
A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
Shrinkverb
draw back, as with fear or pain;
‘she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf’;
Retreatverb
To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
‘The rapid currents driveTowards the retreating sea their furious tide.’;
Shrinkverb
reduce in size; reduce physically;
‘Hot water will shrink the sweater’; ‘Can you shrink this image?’;
Retreatnoun
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat;
‘the disorderly retreat of French troops’;
Shrinkverb
become smaller or draw together;
‘The fabric shrank’; ‘The balloon shrank’;
Retreatnoun
a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
Shrinkverb
decrease in size, range, or extent;
‘His earnings shrank’; ‘My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me’;
Retreatnoun
(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
Retreatnoun
(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
Retreatnoun
an area where you can be alone
Retreatnoun
withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation;
‘a religious retreat’;
Retreatverb
pull back or move away or backward;
‘The enemy withdrew’; ‘The limo pulled away from the curb’;
Retreatverb
move away, as for privacy;
‘The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer’;
Retreatverb
move back;
‘The glacier retrogrades’;
Retreatverb
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;
‘We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him’; ‘He backed out of his earlier promise’; ‘The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns’;
