retreat
suomi-englanti sanakirjaretreat englannista suomeksi
piilopaikka
lipunlasku
vetäytyä
perääntymismerkki
vetäytyminen
vetääntyä, lähteä pois, peräytyä, perääntyä
pakopaikka
Substantiivi
retreat englanniksi
The act of back|pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
(RQ:Shakespeare All's Well)
The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
(ux)
A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
(coi)
(RQ:Walpole Castle of Otranto) But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. (..)" "Though all your actions are noble, (..) is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?"
(RQ:L'Estrange Fables of Aesop) 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.
(RQ:Dryden Fables)
(RQ:Hardy Tess)
(quote-journal)
(label) A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
A period of retirement, seclusion{{, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer{{, or study.
(quote-web)
A signal for a military withdrawal.
A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
(RQ:Wiggin Penelope's Progress)
A military ceremony to lower the flag.
The move of a piece from a threatened position.
To withdraw military forces
To slope back.
(quote-book)
(alt sp).
a period of meditation, prayer or study; (l)
a location for such activities