with·draw (w  -drô , wth-)v. with·drew (-dr ), with·drawn (-drôn), with·draw·ing, with·draws v.tr.1. a. To take back or away; remove. b. To remove (money) from an account. c. To turn away (one's gaze, for example). d. To draw aside: withdrew the curtain. 2. a. To remove from consideration or participation: withdrew her application; withdrew his son from the race. b. To recall or retract: withdrew the accusation. v.intr.1. a. To move or draw back; retire. b. To retreat from a battlefield. 2. a. To remove oneself from active participation: withdrew from the competition. b. To become detached from social or emotional involvement. 3. To recall or remove a motion from consideration in parliamentary procedure. 4. a. To discontinue the use of an addictive substance. b. To adjust physiologically and mentally to this discontinuation.
[Middle English withdrawen : with, away from; see with + drawen, to pull; see draw.]
with·drawa·ble adj. with·drawer n. |
withdraw Verb [-drawing, -drew, -drawn] 1. to take out or remove: he withdrew an envelope from his pocket 2. to remove (money) from a bank account or savings account 3. to leave one place to go to another, usually quieter, place: he withdrew into his bedroom 4. (of troops) to leave or be pulled back from the battleground 5. to take back (a statement) formally 6. withdraw from to give up: they withdrew from the competition [with, in the sense: away from]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Verb | 1. | withdraw - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" fall back - move back and away from; "The enemy fell back" | | 2. | withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"retire, withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" bow out, withdraw - retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" drop out - withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values; "She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California" | | 3. | withdraw - release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" | | 4. | withdraw - cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" decommission - withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998" | | 5. |  withdraw - take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" | | 6. | withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" | | 7. | withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"close down, close up, shut down, close, fold - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body | | 8. | withdraw - retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68" retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" | | 9. |  withdraw - 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"remove, take away, withdraw, take - 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" draw, take out - take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel" dip - take a small amount from; "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present" hive off, divert - withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions overdraw - draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account" tap - draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money" disinvest, divest - reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa" deposit, bank - put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month" | | 10. | withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" | | 11. | 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" | | 12. | withdraw - 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"harvest - remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; "The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals" tip - remove the tip from; "tip artichokes" stem - remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed" enucleate - remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover bail - remove (water) from a vessel with a container undress, disinvest, divest, strip - remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" ablate - remove an organ or bodily structure clean, pick - remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" clean - remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it" winnow - blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff" pick - remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone" clear up, clear - free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat" muck - remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine lift - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" lift - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure" lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs" tear away, tear off - rip off violently and forcefully; "The passing bus tore off her side mirror" take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!" take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" stone, pit - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" seed - remove the seeds from; "seed grapes" unhinge - remove the hinges from; "unhinge the door" shuck - remove the shucks from; "shuck corn" hull - remove the hulls from; "hull the berries" crumb - remove crumbs from; "crumb the table" chip away, chip away at - remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life" burl - remove the burls from cloth knock out - destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out" husk, shell - remove the husks from; "husk corn" flick - remove with a flick (of the hand) dismantle, strip - take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" strip - remove a constituent from a liquid clear - remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road" defang - remove the fangs from; "defang the poisonous snake" debone, bone - remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it" shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels" shuck - remove from the shell; "shuck oysters" detusk, tusk - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" dehorn - prevent the growth of horns of certain animals scalp - remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped" weed - clear of weeds; "weed the garden" |
withdraw  Translations withdraw [wɪθˈdrɔː] ( irreg like draw) vt → retirarto withdraw money (from the bank) → retirar fondos (del banco);
 withdraw [wɪθˈdrɔː] vt irreg like draw) → retirer
 withdraw [wɪθˈdrɔː] irreg like draw) vt [+ object, offer] → zurückziehen [+ remark]; zurücknehmen
 withdraw [wɪθˈdrɔː] vb (irreg)vi → ritirarsi; to withdraw into o.s. → chiudersi in se stesso
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