Crossword clues for withdrew
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Withdraw \With*draw"\ (w[i^][th]*dr[add]"), v. t. [imp. Withdrew (-dr[udd]"); p. p. Withdrawn (-dr[add]n"); p. pr. & vb. n. Withdrawing.] [With against + draw.]
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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.
Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything.
--Hooker. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-simple past of: withdraw)
WordNet
See withdraw
v. 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]
withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" [syn: retire]
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: disengage] [ant: engage]
cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn: recall, call in, call back]
take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn: swallow, take back, unsay]
keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate]
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]
break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, retire]
retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: bow out]
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]
lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" [syn: retire]
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]
Usage examples of "withdrew".
Then, with no apparent ef fort, he curled the long fingers of one hand around her upper arm and simply withdrew her from the water, supporting her until she got her balance.
Prem withdrew a few paces and waited, making a soft, urgent rumbling sound low in his throat.
During this discussion the Gringg withdrew to have a conference of their own.
The AIreldep guard withdrew to each corner and stood proudly flanking the officials.
With a wounded expression, Shof withdrew to arrange dinner from the synthesiser.
The bellhop turned on the lights and waited discreetly at the door until Lunzie had stepped in, then withdrew on silent feet.
My husband's attorneys got involved and eventually everyone withdrew charges.
The servant withdrew, and the Commissioner ran its tongue lightly over the cubes.
To cover her confusion, she reached to a thigh pocket and withdrew the emergency rations.
I knew, as I withdrew my leather apron from my pack and laid out my tools on the anvil's pedestal, that I did not look as much a smith as he.
Then the technicians who had effected the installation of the precious cargo withdrew, and Helva was busy with the mechanics of takeoff.
Her own expression infinitely tender with love, the girl withdrew, pulled the door across, and floated over to the galley.
The brawn Forister and the cyborg Micaya withdrew, leaving him still confined in the double tanglefield about wrists and ankles.
He reached into his belt pouch and withdrew a small oval antieavesdropping device.
At Noonday's nod, they withdrew to a distance of only three meters and settled onto their haunches.