The move of a piece from a threatened position.
A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
A military ceremony to lower the flag.
A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
A period of meditation, prayer or study.
The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
A signal for a military withdrawal.
Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
To slope back.
To withdraw military forces
To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.
To withdraw from a position, go back.
a retreating forehead
A type of rough carpet pile.
A deliberately messy, shaggy hairstyle.
An act of sexual intercourse.
Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
Coarse shredded tobacco.
Any of several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially the common shag or European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, found on European and African coasts.
A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.
A casual sexual partner.
Friend; mate; buddy.
A swing dance.
To have sexual intercourse with.
To perform the dance called the shag.
To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.
To shake, wiggle around.
To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.
To have sexual intercourse.
To masturbate.