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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive verb. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
3. intransitive verb. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company.
4. verb. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

   "remove a threat"

   "remove a wrapper"

   Synonyms: remove, take

5. verb. keep away from others

   "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

   Synonyms: seclude, sequester, sequestrate

6. verb. take back what one has said

   "He swallowed his words"

   Synonyms: swallow, unsay

7. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: crawfish, retreat

8. verb. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

   "I want to disengage myself from his influence"

   "disengage the gears"

   Synonyms: disengage

9. verb. lose interest

   "he retired from life when his wife died"

   Synonyms: retire

10. verb. pull back or move away or backward

    "The enemy withdrew"

    "The limo pulled away from the curb"

    Synonyms: recede, retire, retreat

11. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: draw

12. verb. cause to be returned

    "recall the defective auto tires"

    "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"

    Synonyms: recall

13. verb. withdraw from active participation

    "He retired from chess"

    Synonyms: retire

14. verb. retire gracefully

    "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

15. verb. break from a meeting or gathering

    "We adjourned for lunch"

    "The men retired to the library"

    Synonyms: adjourn, retire

Synonyms

remove, take, seclude, sequester, sequestrate, swallow, unsay, crawfish, retreat, disengage, retire, recede, draw, recall, adjourn

Common word forms

withdraws, withdrawal, withdrawer, withdrawing, withdrawable, withdrawment

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