Overview of noun retreated

The noun retreated has 1 sense

• retreated -- (people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated")

Overview of verb retreat

The verb retreat has 4 senses

• withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back -- (pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb")


• retreat -- (move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer")


• retrograde, retreat -- (move back; "The glacier retrogrades")


• retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw -- (make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns")