withdraw

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To take back or away; remove.
2. v. To remove (money) from an account.
3. v. To turn away (one's gaze, for example).
4. v. To draw aside: withdrew the curtain.
5. v. To remove from consideration or participation: withdrew her application; withdrew his son from the race.
6. v. To recall or retract: withdrew the accusation.
7. v. To move or draw back; retire.
8. v. To retreat from a battlefield.
9. v. To remove oneself from active participation: withdrew from the competition.
10. v. To become detached from social or emotional involvement.
11. v. To recall or remove a motion from consideration in parliamentary procedure.
12. v. To discontinue the use of an addictive substance.
13. v. To adjust physiologically and mentally to this discontinuation.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To draw back, aside, or away; take back; remove.
2. To recall; retract: as, to withdraw a charge, a threat, or a vow.
3. To divert, as from use or from some accustomed channel.
4. To take out; subtract.
5. The word is often used reflexively.
6. To retire; go away; step backward or aside; retreat.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
2. v. transitive To take back (a comment, etc).
3. v. transitive To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
4. v. transitive To extract (money from an account).
5. v. intransitive To retreat.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire.
2. v. To take back; to recall or retract.
3. v. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. withdraw from active participation
2. v. retire gracefully
3. v. cause to be returned
4. v. pull back or move away or backward
5. v. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
6. v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
7. v. lose interest
8. v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
9. v. break from a meeting or gathering
10. v. take back what one has said
11. v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
12. v. keep away from others