withdraw

English

/wɪðˈdɹɔː/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
  • (intransitive) To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.
  • (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc); retract.
  • (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc); to take out of service.
  • (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
  • (intransitive) To retreat.
  • (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English withdrawen (draw away, draw back).

Origin

Middle English

withdrawen

Gloss

draw away, draw back

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