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- pronunciation:
- wIth
draw
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
withdraws, withdrawing, withdrew, withdrawn |
definition 1: |
to take back, out, or away; remove.
The carpenter withdrew the nails from the old boards.He withdrew all his money from his savings account.The general made the decision to withdraw the troops from the area.- synonyms:
- draw, remove
- antonyms:
- deposit, extend, insert, introduce, proffer, stretch, submit
- similar words:
- extract, pluck, retire, take out, tear, wrench, wrest
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definition 2: |
to disclaim; renounce; retract.
He withdrew his original statement.- synonyms:
- disclaim, retract, take back
- antonyms:
- propose, raise
- similar words:
- abrogate, cancel, countermand, lift, recant, renounce, repeal, rescind, revoke
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related words: |
abandon, abjure, absent, alienate, cloister, deny, drain, efface, negate, pick, quash, scratch, swallow |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to move back or away, esp. from an emotional state or social environment; retreat.
In her depressed state, she withdrew from her friends.- synonyms:
- retire, retreat
- antonyms:
- advance, come
- similar words:
- give way, recoil, retract, separate, shrink, tune out, turn
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definition 2: |
to remove oneself from a place or activity.
Two players withdrew from the game.- synonyms:
- bow out, pull out
- antonyms:
- enter
- similar words:
- depart, drop out, evacuate, exit, flee, give way, leave, quit, recede, remove, resign, retire, scratch, secede, separate, split
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related words: |
abscond, adjourn, back, desert, disappear, ebb, go, hide, retreat, vacate |
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derivations: |
withdrawable (adj.), withdrawer (n.) |
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