remove, take, take away, withdraw
(verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; âremove a threatâ; âremove a wrapperâ; âRemove the dirty dishes from the tableâ; âtake the gun from your pocketâ; âThis machine withdraws heat from the environmentâ
seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
(verb) keep away from others; âHe sequestered himself in his study to write a bookâ
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw
(verb) take back what one has said; âHe swallowed his wordsâ
retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
(verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; âWeâll have to crawfish out from meeting with himâ; âHe backed out of his earlier promiseâ; âThe aggressive investment company pulled in its hornsâ
disengage, withdraw
(verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; âI want to disengage myself from his influenceâ; âdisengage the gearsâ
retire, withdraw
(verb) lose interest; âhe retired from life when his wife diedâ
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
(verb) pull back or move away or backward; âThe enemy withdrewâ; âThe limo pulled away from the curbâ
withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
(verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); âShe drew $2,000 from the accountâ; âThe doctors drew medical supplies from the hospitalâs emergency bankâ
recall, call in, call back, withdraw
(verb) cause to be returned; ârecall the defective auto tiresâ; âThe manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurtâ
retire, withdraw
(verb) withdraw from active participation; âHe retired from chessâ
adjourn, withdraw, retire
(verb) break from a meeting or gathering; âWe adjourned for lunchâ; âThe men retired to the libraryâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
withdraw (third-person singular simple present withdraws, present participle withdrawing, simple past withdrew, past participle withdrawn)
(transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
(intransitive) To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.
(transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
(transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc); to take out of service.
(transitive) To extract (money from an account).
(intransitive) To retreat.
(intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc. [from 20th c.]
• (take back): recant, unsay; See also recant
Source: Wiktionary
With*draw", v. t. [imp. Withdrew; p. p. Withdrawn; p. pr. & vb. n. Withdrawing.] Etym: [With against + draw.]
1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like. Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. Hooker.
2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
With*draw", v. i.
Definition: To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company. "When the sea withdrew." King Horn.
Syn.
– To recede; retrograde; go back.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
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