withdraw :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (0)

Verbs (26)

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

retire

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

retire

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

bow out

v. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

sequester, sequestrate, seclude

v. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

take back, unsay

v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

draw, take out

v. 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"

recall, call back, call in

v. cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"

retire, adjourn

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

retreat, crawfish, back away, back out, crawfish out

v. 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, recede, pull back, draw back, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (285)

slip, splay, dislocate, move out of position

v. move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

disconnect, make disconnected

v. make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

disjoint, disarticulate

v. separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"

part, separate, divide, take apart, pull apart, disunite, force apart

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

detach

v. cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

come off, detach, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

remove, take out, move out

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

transfer, remove

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

turn, wrench, rick, sprain, wrick

v. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

twist, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

lure, tempt, entice

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

leave, exit, go out, get out

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

turn, reverse, change by reversal

v. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

retreat, withdraw, recede, pull back, draw back, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

retire, adjourn, withdraw

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

leave, depart

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

retire, go into retirement

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

retreat, withdraw, recede, pull back, draw back, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

retreat

v. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

retreat, retrograde, go back

v. move back; "The glacier retrogrades"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

retire, adjourn, withdraw

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

leave, depart

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

abjure, recant, forswear, retract

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

disclaim, renounce title to

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

overturn, lift, repeal, reverse, revoke, annul, countermand, rescind

v. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

withdraw, take back, unsay

v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

leave, depart

move, run, go

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

leave, exit, go out, get out

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

separate, single out, discriminate against

v. treat differently on the basis of sex or race

hide, conceal

v. prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"

cache, hoard, stash, lay away, squirrel away, hive up

v. save up as for future use

camouflage, provide with a camouflage, disguise by camouflaging

v. disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something; "The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory"

segregate

v. separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

isolate, set apart, sequester, sequestrate, keep apart

v. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

transfer, remove

remove, take out, move out

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, 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"

disclaim, renounce title to

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

overturn, lift, repeal, reverse, revoke, annul, countermand, rescind

v. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

recall, make unavailable

v. make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

make, gain, clear, take in, realize, pull in, bring in, earn

v. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

gain, win

v. win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

collect, pick up, call for, gather up

v. gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"

net, clear, yield as net profit

v. yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

draw, reap

v. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

defect, desert

v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"

extract, educe, draw out, elicit, evoke

v. to bring out

take off, deduct, subtract, make a subtraction

v. make a subtraction

take, choose, select, make a choice, make a selection, pick out

v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

express, extract, take out, press out, pull out

v. take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"

start, part, take off, set off, set out, start out, set forth, depart

v. leave; "The family took off for Florida"

recall, withdraw, call back, call in

v. cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"

start, part, take off, set off, set out, start out, set forth, depart

v. leave; "The family took off for Florida"

draw, take out, withdraw

v. 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"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

leave, depart

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

act, move, take a step, take action, take steps, take measures, perform an action, do something

v. perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

fix, repair, doctor, mend, bushel, touch on, restore, furbish up

v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

turn, reverse, change by reversal

v. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

settle, subside

v. sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

decline, go down

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

wince, flinch, quail, squinch, recoil, shrink, funk, cringe

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

spring, bound, rebound, bounce, recoil, ricochet, take a hop

v. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

retire, go into retirement

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

retreat, retrograde, go back

v. move back; "The glacier retrogrades"

Synonyms (5)

purchase, take, buy

v. obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

take, take away

v. take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"

Antonyms (57)

mesh, lock, operate, engage

v. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle

v. make a thrusting forward movement

run, persist, die hard, endure, prevail

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

put, position, place, set, pose, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

hold, buy, believe

v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

put, place, commit, invest

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

get into, penetrate, go into

v. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"

convene, meet formally

v. meet formally; "The council convened last week"

progress, advance, go on, move on, pass on, march on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

come

v. cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"

pass, go by, pass by, go past, travel by

v. pass by; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"

pass, work, airt, make one's way, work one's way

v. go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"

plunk, dive, plunge

v. drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"

approach, set about, deal with, go about

v. begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

withdraw

Using Lexipedia you can visually map out words and concepts in a clean and friendly interface. No more thumbing through a dictionary, or fumbling through a single-word search; with Lexipedia you can see related words, synonyms, antonyms and fuzzynyms. And best of all, it's absolutely free!