withdraw

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔː/, /wɪθˈdɹɔː/
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Rhymes: -ɔː

Verb[edit]

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(third-person singular simple present withdraws, present participle withdrawing, simple past withdrew, past participle withdrawn)

(transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
  Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything.
(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.
to withdraw false charges
(transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc); to take out of service.
- 2019 October, Rhodri Clark, “TfW seeks PRM derogation for Class 37 sets”, in Modern Railways, page 87:
  The plan is to withdraw the Pacers from service by the end of the year.
(transitive) To extract (money from an account).
(intransitive) To retreat.
(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.

Synonyms[edit]

(take back): recant, unsay; See also Thesaurus:recant

Translations[edit]

pull back

Catalan: retirar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 撤退 (zh) (chètuì)
Cornish: denagha
Czech: stáhnout (cs)
Dutch: terugtrekken (nl)
Finnish: vetää takaisin, vetää pois
French: retirer (fr)
Galician: retirar (gl), separar (gl), afastar (gl)
German: zurückziehen (de)
Greek: αποσύρομαι (el) (aposýromai)
Ancient: ὑποχωρέω (hupokhōréō)
Hungarian: visszahúz (hu), elhúz (hu), behúz (hu)
Italian: ritirare (it), tirarsi indietro, tirare via, tirare indietro

Japanese: 引き出す (ja) (ひきだす, hikidasu)
Korean: 후퇴하다 (ko) (hutoehada), 취소하다 (ko) (chwisohada)
Latin: retrahō, desciscō, recēdō, dēcēdō
Maori: whakatahi, paunu, unu, kounu
Old English: oftēon
Old Saxon: withfahan
Polish: cofać się impf, wycofać się pf
Portuguese: retirar (pt)
Romanian: retrage (ro)
Russian: выводи́ть (ru) impf (vyvodítʹ) (transitive), вы́вести (ru) pf (vývesti) (transitive), отходи́ть (ru) impf (otxodítʹ) (intransitive), отойти́ (ru) impf (otojtí) (intransitive)
Serbo-Croatian: povući (sh) pf
Slovene: umakniti
Spanish: retirar (es)
Telugu: ఉపసంహరించు (te) (upasaṃhariñcu)

to stop interacting with others

Azerbaijani: qapanmaq, qınına çəkilmək, qınına girmək
Cornish: denagha
Greek:
Ancient: ἀναχωρέω (anakhōréō)
Hungarian: visszavonul (hu), visszahúzódik, elvonul (hu), bezárkózik (hu)

Maori: whakamōtu
Serbo-Croatian: povući se (sh) pf
Swedish: dra sig undan

take back

Azerbaijani: geri götürmək
Catalan: retirar (ca)
Dutch: terugnemen (nl)
Esperanto: retiri
Finnish: ottaa takaisin, perua (fi)
French: retirer (fr)
Galician: retirar (gl), retractarse
German: zurücknehmen (de)
Greek: αποσύρω (el) (aposýro)
Hungarian: visszavon (hu), visszavesz (hu), visszaszív, kivon (hu), bevon (hu)
Italian: ritirare (it), prendere indietro
Japanese: 引き出す (ja) (ひきだす, hikidasu), 取り消す (ja) (とりけす, torikesu)

Korean: 취소하다 (ko) (chwisohada)
Latin: dētrāhō (la)
Latvian: atsaukt
Maori: kounu
Old English: oftēon
Polish: wycofać (pl) pf
Portuguese: devolver (pt)
Russian: брать наза́д impf (bratʹ nazád), забира́ть (ru) impf (zabirátʹ), забра́ть (ru) pf (zabrátʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: povući (sh) pf
Spanish: retirar (es)
Swedish: återta (sv), dra tillbaka
Telugu: ఉపసంహరించు (te) (upasaṃhariñcu)

remove, stop providing

Dutch: intrekken (nl)
Finnish: perua (fi), vetää pois
French: retirer (fr)
Galician: retirar (gl), quitar (gl), tirar (gl), sacar (gl)
German: entziehen (de)
Hungarian: visszavon (hu), megvon (hu), elvon (hu)
Italian: ritirare (it), rimuovere (it), rappellare, revocare (it), interrompere (it)
Japanese: 引き揚げる (hikiageru), 手を引く (ja) (te o hiku)

Korean: 제거하다 (ko) (jegeohada)
Latvian: atsaukt
Maori: unu (mi)
Old English: oftēon
Portuguese: retirar (pt)
Serbo-Croatian: uskratiti (sh) pf
Slovene: umakniti
Spanish: retirar (es)
Swedish: dra in
Telugu: ఉపసంహరించు (te) (upasaṃhariñcu)

extract (money from an account)

Arabic: سَحَبَ‎ (saḥaba)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 提款 (zh) (tíkuǎn)
Dutch: afhalen (nl) (Flanders), pinnen (nl) (the Netherlands), opnemen (nl)
Finnish: nostaa (fi)
French: retirer (fr)
Galician: sacar (gl), retirar (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: abheben (de)
Hungarian: kivesz (hu), felvesz (hu)
Irish: aistarraing
Italian: prelevare, ritirare (it)
Japanese: 引き出す (ja) (ひきだす, hikidasu), 下ろす (ja) (おろす, orosu)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can

Korean: 뽑다 (ko) (ppopda), 추출하다 (chuchulhada)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: izņemt
Lithuanian: išsiimti
Maori: tango
Polish: wypłacić (pl) pf, wypłacać (pl) impf
Portuguese: sacar (pt), levantar (pt), retirar (pt)
Romanian: preleva (ro), retrage (ro)
Russian: снима́ть (ru) impf (snimátʹ), снять (ru) pf (snjatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: podići (sh) pf
Slovene: dvigniti (sl)
Spanish: sacar (es)
Swedish: ta ut (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: para çekmek (tr)
Vietnamese: rút tiền

retreat

Arabic: تَرَاجَعَ‎ (tarājaʿa)
Azerbaijani: geri çəkilmək, çəkilmək (az)
Catalan: retirar-se
Chinese:
Mandarin: 後退 (zh), 后退 (zh) (hòutuì), 退卻 (zh), 退却 (zh) (tuìquè), 撤退 (zh) (chètuì)
Dutch: terugtrekken (nl)
Finnish: perääntyä (fi), vetäytyä (fi)
French: se retirer (fr)
Galician: retirarse
German: sich zurückziehen (de), abziehen (de)
Hungarian: visszavonul (hu), kivonul (hu), kimegy (hu), meghátrál (hu), visszalép (hu), visszahúzódik

Italian: ritirarsi (it), retrocedere (it)
Japanese: 後退する (kōtai-suru), 退却する (taikyaku-suru)
Korean: 후퇴하다 (ko) (hutoehada), 물러서다 (mulleoseoda)
Latvian: atkāpties
Lithuanian: atsitraukti
Maori: maunu, whakatahi, unu (mi), kounu
Polish: cofać się, wycofać się pf
Portuguese: retirar-se
Russian: отступа́ть (ru) impf (otstupátʹ), отступи́ть (ru) pf (otstupítʹ), ретирова́ться (ru) impf (retirovátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: povući se (sh) pf
Slovene: umakniti se
Spanish: retirarse (es)
Ukrainian: відступа́ти impf (vidstupáty), відступи́ти pf (vidstupýty)
Vietnamese: rút lui (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} terugtreden (nl)
French: ^{(please verify)} tirer (fr), ^{(please verify)} retirer (fr)

Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} menarik, ^{(please verify)} membatalkan

References[edit]

“withdraw”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.