retire vs turtle

retire

verb
  • To recede; to fall or bend back. 

  • To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness. 

  • To cease use or production of something. 

  • To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy. 

  • To fit (a vehicle) with new tires. 

  • To go to bed. 

  • To withdraw; to take away. 

  • To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat. 

  • To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure. 

  • To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay. 

  • To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list. 

  • To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout. 

noun
  • The act of retiring, or the state of being retired. 

  • A place to which one retires. 

turtle

verb
  • To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down. 

  • To turn and swim upside down. 

  • To hunt turtles, especially in the water. 

  • To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy. 

  • To move along slowly. 

noun
  • A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit. 

  • A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program. 

  • An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above. 

  • A low stand for a lamp etc. 

  • A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk". 

  • An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing. 

  • A marine reptile of that order. 

  • The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press. 

  • Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise. 

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