withdraw > define

verb

• Pull back or move away or backward.
  • usage: "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
  • synonyms: retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
• Withdraw from active participation.
  • usage: "He retired from chess"
  • synonyms: retire
• Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.
  • usage: "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
  • synonyms: disengage
• Cause to be returned.
  • usage: "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
  • synonyms: recall, call in, call back
• Take back what one has said.
  • usage: "He swallowed his words"
  • synonyms: swallow, take back, unsay
• Keep away from others.
  • usage: "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
  • synonyms: seclude, sequester, sequestrate
• Break from a meeting or gathering.
  • usage: "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
  • synonyms: adjourn, retire
• Retire gracefully.
  • usage: "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
  • synonyms: bow out
• Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source. )
  • usage: "She drew $2, 000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
  • synonyms: draw, take out, draw off
• Lose interest.
  • usage: "he retired from life when his wife died"
  • synonyms: retire
• Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns
• Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: remove, take, take away

• (v.i.) To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company.
• (v.t.) 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.
• (v.t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.