withdraw
1. pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 9)
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
• Syn:
retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back,
retire, move back
• Ant:
advance (for: recede)
• Derivationally related forms:
pullback (for: pull back), receding (for: recede), withdrawal
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
fall back, retrograde, retreat, back up, back off, back down
• Verb Group:
retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish,
crawfish out, pull in one's horns
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
2. withdraw from active participation (Freq. 4)
- He retired from chess
• Syn:
retire
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawal, retirement (for: retire), retiree (for: retire)
• Hypernyms:
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
• Hyponyms:
drop out
• Verb Group:
bow out, retire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles (Freq. 4)
- I want to disengage myself from his influence
- disengage the gears
• Syn:
disengage
• Ant:
engage (for: disengage)
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawer, withdrawal, disengagement (for: disengage)
• Hypernyms:
let go of, let go, release, relinquish
• Hyponyms:
unlock
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. cause to be returned (Freq. 2)
- recall the defective auto tires
- The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
• Syn:
recall, call in, call back
• Derivationally related forms:
callback (for: call back), recall (for: recall)
• Hypernyms:
take
• Hyponyms:
decommission
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. keep away from others (Freq. 1)
- He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
• Syn:
seclude, sequester, sequestrate
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawer, withdrawal, sequestration (for: sequester), seclusion (for: seclude)
• Hypernyms:
isolate, insulate
• Verb Group:
adjourn, retire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
6. take back what one has said (Freq. 1)
- He swallowed his words
• Syn:
swallow, take back, unsay
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawal
• Hypernyms:
disown, renounce, repudiate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. break from a meeting or gathering
- We adjourned for lunch
- The men retired to the library
• Syn:
adjourn, retire
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawal, adjournment (for: adjourn)
• Hypernyms:
close up, close, fold, shut down, close down
• Hyponyms:
prorogue
• Verb Group:
seclude, sequester, sequestrate
• Entailment:
meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something (for: adjourn)
8. lose interest
- he retired from life when his wife died
• Syn:
retire
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawer, withdrawal
• Hypernyms:
tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
• Hyponyms:
chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out
• Verb Group:
retire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
9. retire gracefully
- He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship
• Syn:
bow out
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawal
• Hypernyms:
retire
• Verb Group:
retire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
10. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- remove a threat
- remove a wrapper
- Remove the dirty dishes from the table
- take the gun from your pocket
- This machine withdraws heat from the environment
• Syn:
remove, take, take away
• See Also:
take off (for: take)
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawal, remotion (for: remove), remover (for: remove), removal (for: remove)
• Hyponyms:
epilate, depilate, harvest, tip, stem,
extirpate, enucleate, exenterate, decorticate, bail, strip,
undress, divest, disinvest, ablate, clean, pick,
winnow, clear, clear up, muck, lift, tear away,
tear off, take off, take away, take out, pit, stone,
seed, unhinge, shuck, hull, crumb, chip away,
chip away at, burl, knock out, scavenge, hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise,
degas, husk, shell, bur, burr, clear off,
clear away, flick, dismantle, defang, bone, debone,
disembowel, eviscerate, draw, tusk, detusk, dehorn,
scalp, weed, condense, bail out, bale out, leach,
decalcify, detoxify, detoxicate, de-ionate, de-iodinate, decarbonize,
decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke, delouse, ream,
brush, wash, wash out, wash off, wash away, desorb,
pull, demineralize, demineralise, eliminate, expectorate, clear out,
drive out, carve out, defuse, dredge, wear away, wear off,
amputate, cut off, resect, skim, skim off, cream off,
cream, scale, descale, circumcise, undock, dig,
delve, cut into, turn over, excavate, hollow, scoop,
scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up, extract, pull out,
pull up, draw out, unstring, string, wipe off, wipe away,
bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off, unveil, unpack,
unburden, disburden, empty, discharge, unsaddle, offsaddle,
shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off,
throw away, drop, dislodge, free, aspirate, suck out,
delete, cancel, ladle, lade, laden, spoon,
gut, head, draw off, draw away, pull off, get out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
11. 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
• Syn:
retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish,
crawfish out, pull in one's horns
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawer, withdrawal
• Verb Group:
retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back,
retire, move back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
12. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- She drew $2,000 from the account
- The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank
• Syn:
draw, take out, draw off
• Ant:
deposit
• Derivationally related forms:
drawee (for: draw), drawer (for: draw), withdrawer, withdrawal
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away
• Hyponyms:
cheque, check out, dip, divert, hive off,
overdraw, tap, divest, disinvest
• Verb Group:
draw, take out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
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