Definition of withholds Withholds
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What does withholds mean?
Part of speech
🔤- withholds, verb, present, 3rd person singular of withhold (infinitive).
WordNet
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| withhold - hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room" | ||
| keep back | ||
| refuse, deny show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" | ||
| immobilise, immobilize, freeze, block cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic" | ||
| keep to oneself withhold information; "I kept your little secret to myself all these years" | ||
| deny declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" | ||
| reserve obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's" | ||
| immobilise, immobilize cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic" | ||
| deprive take away | ||
| withhold - retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" | ||
| deduct, recoup | ||
| hold on, keep stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!" | ||
| dock maneuver into a dock; "dock the ships" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- withhold (Verb)
To keep a physical object that one has obtained to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner. - withhold (Verb)
To keep information, etc to oneself rather than revealing it. - withhold (Verb)
To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- withhold (v. t.)
To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. - withhold (v. t.)
To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. - withhold (v. t.)
To keep; to maintain; to retain.
Part of speech
🔤- withhold, verb, present, 1st person singular of withhold (infinitive).
- withhold, verb (infinitive).
