withdraw
- sense 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
- withdraw retreat pull_away draw_back recede pull_back retire move_back
- sense 2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
- retire withdraw
- discontinue stop cease give_up quit lay_off
- sense 3: release from something that holds fast. connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
- disengage withdraw
- let_go_of let_go release relinquish
- sense 4: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
- recall call_in call_back withdraw
- sense 5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
- swallow take_back unsay withdraw
- sense 6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
- seclude sequester sequestrate withdraw
- isolate insulate
- discriminate separate single_out
- distinguish separate differentiate secern secernate severalize severalise tell tell_apart
- sense 7: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.; 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"
- remove take take_away withdraw
- sense 8: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
- adjourn withdraw retire
- close fold shut_down close_down
- sense 9: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
- bow_out withdraw
- retire
- leave_office quit step_down resign
- leave depart pull_up_stakes
- sense 10: 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"
- withdraw draw take_out draw_off
- remove take take_away withdraw
- sense 11: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
- retire withdraw
- tire pall weary fatigue jade
- deteriorate drop degenerate
- sense 12: 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"
- retreat pull_back back_out back_away crawfish crawfish_out pull_in_one's_horns withdraw