What part of speech is withdraw?

Withdraw can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. withdraw is a verb, present, 1st person singular of withdraw (infinitive).
  • 2. withdraw is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does withdraw mean?

Definitions

Verb

withdraw - 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"
withdraw - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, 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"
withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
withdraw - release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
withdraw - cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
withdraw - 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"
withdraw - retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
withdraw - take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

Examples of withdraw

#   Sentence  
1. verb It is estimated to have some 5,000 armed fighters, and they have pursued attacks against Israeli forces to compel them to withdraw from the Shebaa Farms, a sliver of Syrian territory that Israel annexed after the 1967 war.
2. verb Several candidates were assassinated and targeted these last two weeks, others have been forced under threats to withdraw and to follow the example of the Islamic party.
3. verb Any government that assumes power after the elections also realises this, so not even Sistani is going to call the US to withdraw its troops, despite what he is saying now, not until they are ensured the insurgency is out of the picture, or that they have an alternative foreign power (in this case Iran) to back them up.
4. verb You may as well withdraw from the club right away.
5. verb I have to withdraw some cash from the bank.
6. verb The Soviet troops started to withdraw from Afghanistan.
7. verb The businessman didn't dare withdraw from the transaction.
8. verb You can withdraw some money out of the bank, if you need any.
9. verb I went to the bank to withdraw $20,000 from deposit.
10. verb It looks like I'm outnumbered here. I hate to do it but I'll withdraw my plan.
11. verb She intended to withdraw all her savings from the bank.
12. verb She had to withdraw her son from the club.
13. verb How much money you would like to withdraw?
14. verb We can only hope that the government decides to withdraw its troops.
15. verb Many people use ATMs to withdraw money.
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It is estimated to have some 5,000 armed fighters, and they have pursued attacks against Israeli forces to compel them to withdraw from the Shebaa Farms, a sliver of Syrian territory that Israel annexed after the 1967 war.
Several candidates were assassinated and targeted these last two weeks, others have been forced under threats to withdraw and to follow the example of the Islamic party.
Any government that assumes power after the elections also realises this, so not even Sistani is going to call the US to withdraw its troops, despite what he is saying now, not until they are ensured the insurgency is out of the picture, or that they have an alternative foreign power (in this case Iran) to back them up.
You may as well withdraw from the club right away.
I have to withdraw some cash from the bank.
The Soviet troops started to withdraw from Afghanistan.
The businessman didn't dare withdraw from the transaction.
You can withdraw some money out of the bank, if you need any.
I went to the bank to withdraw $20,000 from deposit.
It looks like I'm outnumbered here. I hate to do it but I'll withdraw my plan.
She intended to withdraw all her savings from the bank.
She had to withdraw her son from the club.
How much money you would like to withdraw?
We can only hope that the government decides to withdraw its troops.
Many people use ATMs to withdraw money.

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