withdraw

English

Etymology

From Middle English withdrawen (“to draw away, draw back”), from with- (“away, back”) + drawen (“to draw”). More at with-, draw.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɪðˈdrɔː/, /wɪθˈdɻɑʊ/, /wɪθdɹɔə/, SAMPA: /wID'drO:/

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  Rhymes: -ɔː

Verb

withdraw (third-person singular simple present withdraws, present participle withdrawing, simple past withdrew, past participle withdrawn)

1. (transitive) To pull (something) back.
2. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
3. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
4. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
5. (intransitive) To retreat.
6. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc. [from 20th c.]
   • 1994, Edward St Aubyn, Bad News, Picador 2006, p. 201:

     Simon had tried to rob a bank while he was withdrawing, but he had been forced to surrender to the police after they had fired several volleys at him.

Translations

pull back

Chinese: Mandarin: 撤退 (cmn) (chètuì) Czech: stáhnout (cs) Dutch: terugtrekken (nl) Finnish: vetää takaisin French: retirer (fr) German: zurückziehen (de) Italian: ritirare (it) Japanese: 引き出す (ひきだす, hikidasu)

Old English: oftēon (ang) Portuguese: retirar (pt) Russian: выводить (ru) (vyvodít') impf. transitive, вывести (ru) (vývesti) pf. transitive; отходить (ru) (otxodít') impf. intransitive, отойти (ru) (otojtí) impf. intransitive Slovene: umakniti (sl) Spanish: retirar (es) Telugu: ఉపసంహరించు (upasaMhariMchu)

take back

Dutch: terugnemen (nl) Esperanto: retiri (eo) Finnish: ottaa takaisin, perua French: retirer (fr) German: zurücknehmen

Italian: ritirare (it) Japanese: 引き出す (ひきだす, hikidasu) Old English: oftēon (ang) Portuguese: devolver (pt) Telugu: ఉపసంహరించు (upasaMhariMchu)

remove, stop providing

Dutch: intrekken (nl) Finnish: perua (fi) French: retirer (fr) German: entziehen Japanese: 引き揚げる (hiki-ageru), 手を引く (te-wo-hiku)

Old English: oftēon (ang) Portuguese: retirar (pt) Slovene: umakniti (sl) Telugu: ఉపసంహరించు (upasaMhariMchu)

extract (money from an account)

Arabic: سحب (ar) (saHaba) Chinese: Mandarin: 提款 (cmn) (tíkuǎn) Dutch: afhalen (nl) (Flanders), pinnen (nl) (the Netherlands), opnemen (nl) Finnish: nostaa (fi) German: abheben (de)

Italian: prelevare (it) Japanese: 引き出す (ひきだす, hikidasu), 下ろす (orosu) Portuguese: sacar (pt) Romanian: preleva (ro) Russian: снимать (ru) (snimát') impf., снять (ru) (snjat') pf. Slovene: dvigniti (sl)

retreat

Arabic: تراجع (ar) (taraaja3a) Chinese: Mandarin: 後退 (cmn), 后退 (cmn) (hòutuì), 退卻 (cmn), 退却 (cmn) (tuìquè), 撤退 (cmn) (chètuì) Dutch: terugtrekken (nl) Finnish: perääntyä (fi), vetäytyä (fi) French: se retirer (fr)

German: sich zurückziehen, abziehen Italian: ritirarsi (it) Japanese: 後退する (ja) (kōtai-suru), 退却する (ja) (taikyaku-suru) Portuguese: retirar-se Russian: отступать (ru) (otstupát') impf., отступить (ru) (otstupít') pf., ретироваться (ru) (retirovát'sja) impf. Slovene: umakniti se (sl)

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Dutch: terugtreden French: tirer, retirer Indonesian: menarik, membatalkan Spanish: retirar