retreats
Meaning of retreats
verb
- To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.
- To apply treatment to (an injury, a surface, etc.) again
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
- A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
- A period of meditation, prayer or study.
- Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
- A signal for a military withdrawal.
- 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.
- The move of a piece from a threatened position.
- To withdraw from a position, go back.
- (of a glacier) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.
- To slope back.
a retreating forehead
Information about retreats
- The singular form of retreats is: retreat.
- Languages in which retreats is used:
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Hyphenation of retreats
re-treats
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- retreats is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of retreats
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