Dictionary Entry
withdraw
withdraw is a 8-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 17 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
- 3intransitive verb
To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company.
- 4verb
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
"remove a threat"
"remove a wrapper"
- 5verb
keep away from others
"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
Synonyms
- 6verb
take back what one has said
"He swallowed his words"
- 7verb
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"
- 8verb
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
"I want to disengage myself from his influence"
"disengage the gears"
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- 9verb
lose interest
"he retired from life when his wife died"
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- 10verb
pull back or move away or backward
"The enemy withdrew"
"The limo pulled away from the curb"
- 11verb
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"
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- 12verb
cause to be returned
"recall the defective auto tires"
"The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
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- 13verb
withdraw from active participation
"He retired from chess"
Synonyms
- 14verb
retire gracefully
"He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
- 15verb
break from a meeting or gathering
"We adjourned for lunch"
"The men retired to the library"
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