withdraw
withdraw
(verb)
1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: retreat, [[pull away]], draw back, recede, pull back, retire, [[move back]]]
2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" [syn: retire]
3: release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: disengage] [ant: engage]
4: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn: recall, call in, call back]
5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn: swallow, take back, unsay]
6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate]
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" [syn: remove, take, take away]
8: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, retire]
9: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: [[bow out]]]
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" [syn: draw, take out, draw off] [ant: deposit]
11: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" [syn: retire]
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" [syn: retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, [[crawfish out]], pull in one's horns]