withdraw
(verb)
verb
1. pull back or move away or backward
- The enemy withdrew
Similar word(s): recede, retire, retreat
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
2. withdraw from active participation
Similar word(s): retire
Definition categories: social, cease, discontinue, quit, stop
3. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
Similar word(s): disengage
Definition categories: contact, release, relinquish
4. cause to be returned
Similar word(s): recall
Definition categories: possession, take
5. take back what one has said
Similar word(s): swallow, unsay
Definition categories: communication, disown, renounce, repudiate
6. keep away from others
Similar word(s): seclude, sequester, sequestrate
Definition categories: change, insulate, isolate
7. break from a meeting or gathering
Similar word(s): adjourn, retire
Definition categories: social, close, fold
8. retire gracefully
Definition categories: social, retire
9. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
Similar word(s): draw
Definition categories: possession, remove, take, withdraw
10. lose interest
Similar word(s): retire
Definition categories: emotion, fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary
11. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
Similar word(s): crawfish, retreat
Definition categories: communication
12. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Definition categories: change
Sentences with withdraw as a verb:
- to withdraw false charges