retreat

retreat

englanti

1. vetäytyminen, perääntyminen

2. (sot.) vetäytymissignaali

3. (sot.) lipunlaskuseremonia

4. turvapaikka, suojapaikka, lomapaikka

5. eläkkeelle jäänti

Synonyymisanakirja: retreat

retreat

1. signaali, merkinanto, viesti, lipunlasku, perääntymismerkki, alue, maa, seutu, piilopaikka.

Katso synonyymisanakirja

Riimisanakirja: retreat

retreat rimmaa näiden kanssa:

1. beat, pöytähopeat, perintöhopeat...

Katso riimisanakirja

Käännökset: retreat

retreat suomeksi

piilopaikka, lipunlasku, vetäytyä, perääntymismerkki

• perääntyminen

• turvapaikka, piilopaikka

• vetäytyminen

• perääntyä, vetäytyä

retreat englanniksi

• The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.

• Shakespeare

In a retreat he outruns any lackey.

• The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.

• A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.

• (RQ:Hardy Tess)

In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking beatitude; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

• 1692, Roger L'Estrange, "Fable 100: An Old Man and a Lion", Fables of Aesop, page 115

... he built his son a house of pleasure, on purpose to keep him out of harm's way; and spared neither art nor cost to make it a delicious retreat.

• Dryden

That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat / From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.

• (label) An 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.

• puhekieltä The move of a piece from a threatened position.

• To withdraw military forces.

Katso retreat englanniksi

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