withdraw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: withdraw	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for withdraw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
withdraw v pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" Synonym(s): withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back Antonym(s): advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" Synonym(s): retire, withdraw release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" Synonym(s): disengage, withdraw Antonym(s): engage, lock, mesh, operate cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" Synonym(s): recall, call in, call back, withdraw take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" Synonym(s): swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" Synonym(s): seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" Synonym(s): adjourn, withdraw, retire retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" Synonym(s): bow out, 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" Synonym(s): withdraw, draw, take out, draw off Antonym(s): bank, deposit lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" Synonym(s): retire, 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" Synonym(s): retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, 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" Synonym(s): remove, take, take away, withdraw
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withdraw \Withdraw"\ (w[icr][th]dr[add]"), v. t. [imp. {Withdrew} (-dr[udd]"); p. p. {Withdrawn} (-dr[add]n"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Withdrawing}.] [With against + draw.] 1. 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. Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. --Hooker. 2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withdraw \With*draw"\, v. i. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company. [bd]When the sea withdrew.[b8] --King Horn. Syn: To recede; retrograde; go back.