Word

retreat, v.
(retreated, retreating, retreats)
freq. cnt. 10

pull back or move away or backward
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draw back move back pull away pull back recede retire retreat withdraw

sample sentences

"The enemy withdrew"
"The limo pulled away from the curb"

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derivationally related form

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derivationally related form

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

verb group

back away, retreat, pull back, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

fall back retrograde, retreat back off, back up, back down

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
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back away back out crawfish crawfish out pull back pull in one's horns retreat withdraw

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

withdrawal withdrawer withdrawer

semantic pointers

verb group

retreat, withdraw, draw back, recede, move back, retire, pull away, pull back

move back
<verb.motion>

retreat retrograde

sample sentences

"The glacier retrogrades"

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

retreat, withdraw, draw back, recede, move back, retire, pull away, pull back

move away, as for privacy
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retreat

sample sentences

"The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

retreat retreat

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym