Withdraw
[wɪð'drɔː] or [wɪð'drɔ]
Definition
(verb.) pull back or move away or backward; 'The enemy withdrew'; 'The limo pulled away from the curb'.
(verb.) 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'.
Checked by Evan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
(v. i.) To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company.
Editor: Maris
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Remove, subduct, subduce, subtract, take away.[2]. Wean, disengage, draw off.[3]. Retract, recall, recant, disavow, revoke, abjure, take back.
v. n. Retire, retreat, secede, depart, decamp, go away, be off, go off.
Editor: Pedro
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Retract, recal, revoke, wrest, retreat, retire, recede, take_back
ANT:Offer, proffer, propound, produce, afford, confirm, reiterate, repeat
Inputed by Gavin
Definition
v.t. to draw back or away: to take back: to recall.—v.i. to retire: to go away.—ns. Withdraw′al Withdraw′ment; Withdraw′er; Withdraw′ing-room a room used to retire into: a drawing-room.
Typed by Bernadine
Examples
- I am also to take it as a matter of fact that the proposal to withdraw from the engagement came, in the first instance, from YOU? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mr Dorrit will allow me to withdraw. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Reflect, afterwards when--when you are at leisure, and your conscience will withdraw this accusation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I withdraw my expressions. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He went: I watched the light withdraw. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You, sir, thought fit to withdraw your interests from that keeping nevertheless and to offer them to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- One of these is an imitation of the duck's foot, which expands when it strikes the water, and collapses when it is withdrawn. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Mr and Mrs Boffin, sitting side by side, with Fashion withdrawn to an immeasurable distance, fell to discussing how they could best find their orphan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Breakfast was over; I had withdrawn to the first classe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Part of what had before been employed in other trades, is necessarily withdrawn from them, and turned into some of the new and more profitable ones. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I had hardly walked half-way towards the house when Sir Percival, who had withdrawn in the opposite direction, suddenly stopped and called me back. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Formerly augers and similar boring tools had merely a curved sharpened end and a concavity to hold the chips, and the whole tool had to be withdrawn to empty the chips. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- At last he grasped the manuscript upon which Jane Porter had been writing, and as cautiously withdrew his arm and hand, holding the precious treasure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I advanced; then paused by the crib side: my hand was on the curtain, but I preferred speaking before I withdrew it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Spy withdrew, and Carton seated himself at the table, resting his forehead on his hands. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Left alone in the study, I opened the safe and withdrew the contents of the drawer in which he had told me I would find my instructions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I left them still listening to him when I withdrew to attend to my new duties. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- After which, Joe withdrew to the window, and stood with his back towards me, wiping his eyes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But I think their withdrawing is in your favour. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There were hasty discussions among the Greeks; some were for withdrawing, some for holding out. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Jarndyce then withdrawing into the temporary growlery, Miss Jellyby opened a conversation with her usual abruptness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The other traveller turned his eyes with interest towards the van window, and, without withdrawing them, said, I presume I might look in upon her? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Instead of withdrawing with dignity, as he might still have done, he threw down the gauntlet of defiance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Softly withdrawing her hand, and laying it in her other hand, she sat before him with her head bent and her whole form trembling. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- When the bottle is nearly full, the operator quickly withdraws it with one hand, and having a cork ready in the other, he puts it in before the water can rush out. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I am shunned when I visit her; she withdraws from my reach. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Seeing her so absorbed, Rosa softly withdraws; but still my Lady's eyes are on the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Guppy immediately withdraws his eyes from her face and looks anywhere else. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She bows her eyes rather than her head, the movement is so slight and curious, and he withdraws. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is locked and will remain so until something withdraws it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Checker: Zelig