Withdraw

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To take back or away; remove.
  • v. To remove (money) from an account.
  • v. To turn away (one's gaze, for example).
  • v. To draw aside: withdrew the curtain.
  • v. To remove from consideration or participation: withdrew her application; withdrew his son from the race.
  • v. To recall or retract: withdrew the accusation.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or draw back; retire.
  • verb-intransitive. To retreat from a battlefield.
  • verb-intransitive. To remove oneself from active participation: withdrew from the competition.
  • verb-intransitive. To become detached from social or emotional involvement.
  • verb-intransitive. To recall or remove a motion from consideration in parliamentary procedure.
  • verb-intransitive. To discontinue the use of an addictive substance.
  • verb-intransitive. To adjust physiologically and mentally to this discontinuation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
  • v. To take back (a comment, etc).
  • v. To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
  • v. To extract (money from an account).
  • v. To retreat.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire.
  • v. To take back; to recall or retract.
  • verb-intransitive. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To draw back, aside, or away; take back; remove.
  • To recall; retract: as, to withdraw a charge, a threat, or a vow.
  • To divert, as from use or from some accustomed channel.
  • To take out; subtract.
  • The word is often used reflexively.
  • To retire; go away; step backward or aside; retreat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. withdraw from active participation
  • v. retire gracefully
  • v. cause to be returned
  • v. pull back or move away or backward
  • v. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  • v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
  • v. lose interest
  • v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
  • v. break from a meeting or gathering
  • v. take back what one has said
  • v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
  • v. keep away from others
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    retire    repudiate    disown    renounce    insulate    isolate   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    withdrew    withdrawn   
    Hyponym
    unsaddle    descale    take away    free    draw off    take-up    discharge    condense    tear off    dehorn   
    Form
    withdrew    withdrawn    withdrawing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    recede    retrograde    go back    retire    retreat   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baugh    Gaw    Haw    Law    Shaw    Straw    Waugh    aw    awe    bashaw   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts