verb
- Pull back or move away or backward.
- usage: "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
- Withdraw from active participation.
- usage: "He retired from chess"
- Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.
- usage: "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
- Cause to be returned.
- usage: "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
- Take back what one has said.
- usage: "He swallowed his words"
- Keep away from others.
- usage: "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
- synonyms: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
- Break from a meeting or gathering.
- usage: "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
- Retire gracefully.
- usage: "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
- Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source. )
- usage: "She drew $2, 000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
- Lose interest.
- usage: "he retired from life when his wife died"
- Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: 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.
- usage: "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"
adjective
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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