Withdraw

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: with=draw

CIDE DICTIONARY

Withdraw, v. t. [With against + draw.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything."  [1913 Webster]
•  To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.  [1913 Webster]

Withdraw, v. i. 

 To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company.  King Horn.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To recede; retrograde; go back.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Withdraw, v. (past withdrew; past part. withdrawn)
1 tr. pull or take aside or back (withdrew my hand).
2 tr. discontinue, cancel, retract (withdrew my support; the promise was later withdrawn).
3 tr. remove; take away (withdrew the child from school; withdrew their troops).
4 tr. take (money) out of an account.
5 intr. retire or go away; move away or back.
6 intr. (as withdrawn adj.) abnormally shy and unsociable; mentally detached.

Idiom

withdrawing-room archaic = DRAWING-ROOM 1.

Derivative

withdrawer n.

Etymology

ME f. with- away (as WITH) + DRAW

THESAURUS

Withdraw

abandon, abate, abdicate, abjure, abolish, abrade, abrogate, abrupt, abscond, abstract, agree to differ, agree to disagree, alienate, annul, avulse, back down, back out, backwater, bate, be at variance, be in dissent, be pensioned, be superannuated, beat a retreat, become an individual, beg off, beg to differ, blow, bow out, cancel, cast off, cast out, climb down, countermand, counterorder, crawfish out, cringe, cry off, curtail, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, decline, decrease, deduct, delete, demit, deny, depart, depart from, depreciate, deracinate, derogate, detract, die away, differ, dig out, dig up, diminish, disagree, disagree with, disannul, disappear, disarticulate, disavow, discard, disclaim, disconnect, discord with, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, disjoint, disown, disparage, dissent, dissent from, dissociate, disunite, divide, divide on, divorce, do away with, drain, draw, draw back, draw in, draw off, draw out, dredge, dredge up, drift away, drop out, duck, dwindle, eat away, eat crow, eat humble pie, ebb, eject, eradicate, erode, estrange, evacuate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exit, expel, exsect, extract, extricate, fade, fade away, fall back, file away, flinch, forsake, forswear, get away, get off, get out, give back, give ground, give place, give up, give way, go, go away, go back, go back on, gouge out, grub up, impair, invalidate, isolate, jettison, jilt, keep apart, leach, leave, leave behind, leave flat, lessen, make void, maroon, mine, move away, move back, move off, not agree, nullify, oppose, override, overrule, palinode, part, pension off, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, pull, pull away, pull back, pull in, pull out, pull up, purify, quail, quarry, quit, quit cold, rake out, recall, recant, recede, recoil, reduce, refine, relinquish, remove, renege, renounce, renounce the throne, repeal, repudiate, rescind, resign, retire, retire from office, retract, retreat, retrench, retrocede, reverse, revoke, rip out, root out, root up, rub away, run along, run back, say goodbye to, secede, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shorten, shrink, shut off, shy, sink, split, stand alone, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, stand back, stand down, stand off, step aside, subduct, subtract, superannuate, suspend, swallow, take away, take back, take exception, take from, take issue, take leave of, take off, take out, tear out, thin, thin out, throw off, throw out, throw over, uncouple, unearth, unravel, unsay, unyoke, uproot, vacate, vanish, void, waive, wane, wear away, weed, weed out, widen the distance, wince, withdraw from, withhold assent, wrest out, write off

ROGET THESAURUS

Withdraw

Subtraction

VB subduct, subtract, deduct, deduce, bate, retrench, remove, withdraw, take from, take away, detract, garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate, cut off, cut away, cut out, abscind, excise, pare, thin, prune, decimate, abrade, scrape, file, geld, castrate, eliminate, diminish, curtail, deprive of, weaken.

Absence

VB be absent, keep away, keep out of the way, play truant, absent oneself, stay away, keep aloof, hold aloof, withdraw, make oneself scarce, vacate, go away.

Regression

VB recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire, retrograde, retrocede, back out, back down, balk, crawfish, crawl, withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern, backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel, countermarch, ebb, regurgitate, jib, shrink, shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home.

Recession

VB recede, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw, shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back, stand aside, run away, remove, shunt, distance.

Departure

VB depart, go away, take one's departure, set out, set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off, start, issue, march out, debouch, go forth, sally forth, sally, set forward, be gone, hail from, leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon, go off the stage, make one's exit, retire, withdraw, remove, vamoose, vamose, go one's way, go along, go from home, take flight, take wing, spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight, fly away, whip away, embark, go on board, go aboard, set sail' put to sea, go to sea, sail, take ship, hoist blue Peter, get under way, weigh anchor, strike tents, decamp, walk one's chalks, cut one's stick, take leave, say good bye, bid goodbye, disappear, abscond, entrain, inspan.