Dictionary Entry
withhold
withhold is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. 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 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
- 2transitive verb
To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
- 3transitive verb
To keep; to maintain; to retain.
- 4verb
hold back; refuse to hand over or share
"The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
- 5verb
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
"My employer is withholding taxes"
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