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Verbs (35)
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retire, withdraw
v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
disengage, withdraw
v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
retire, withdraw
v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
bow out, withdraw
v. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
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"
adjourn, withdraw, retire
v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw
v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
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"
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
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Fuzzynyms (200)
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adjourn, withdraw, retire
v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
leave, depart, pull up stakes
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
v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, 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"
retrograde, retreat
v. move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
slip
v. cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place"
disconnect
v. make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
disjoint, disarticulate
v. separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"
separate, disunite, divide, part
v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
pull
v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"
detach
v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"
detach, come off, come away
v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"
take out, move out, remove
v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
remove, transfer
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"
twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick
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, twine, distort
v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
entice, lure, tempt
v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
exit, go out, get out, leave
v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
change by reversal, turn, reverse
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"
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
adjourn, withdraw, retire
v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
leave, depart, pull up stakes
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"
abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
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
v. renounce a legal claim or title to
revoke
v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw
v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
leave, depart, pull up stakes
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"
move, go, run
v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
exit, go out, get out, leave
v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
make
v. perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
acquire, win, gain
v. win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
collect, pick up, gather up, call for
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
v. yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
reap, draw
v. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
desert
v. leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"
educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
v. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
subtract
v. take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"
choose, take, select, 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"
take out
v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space
depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
v. leave; "The family took off for Florida"
call back
v. return or repeat a telephone call; "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"; "She left a message but the contractor never called back"
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, pull up stakes
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"
act
v. be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
repair, resort
v. move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
disclaim
v. renounce a legal claim or title to
revoke
v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
retire, withdraw
v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
recall
v. make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
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"
change by reversal, turn, reverse
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"
subside, settle
v. sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
decline
v. go down; "The roof declines here"
flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
v. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
retire
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"
Synonyms (2)
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buy
v. acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
take away
v. take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"
Antonyms (42)
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prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
engage, mesh, lock, operate
v. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
v. make a thrusting forward movement
deposit, bank
v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"
invest, put, commit, place
v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
penetrate, perforate
v. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"
convene
v. meet formally; "The council convened last week"
buy
v. accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
come
v. cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"
travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
v. move past; "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"
make, work
v. proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest"
plunge
v. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"
set about, go about, approach
v. begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
withdraw
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