withdrawing

v. pull back; remove from; take money from the bank; take back; retire; depart; remove; take out

v. pull back; remove from; take money from the bank; take back; retire; depart; remove; take out

Adjective
1. forced withdrawal; "pursued the withdrawing redcoats"
(similar) retreating

Verb
1. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
(synonym) retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) recede, fall back, retire
(verb-group) retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns
(derivation) withdrawal
2. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
(synonym) retire
(hypernym) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
(verb-group) bow out
(derivation) secession, withdrawal
3. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
(synonym) disengage
(hypernym) let go of, let go, release, relinquish
(hyponym) unlock
(derivation) withdrawer
4. cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
(synonym) recall, call in, call back
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) decommission
5. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
(synonym) swallow, take back, unsay
(hypernym) renounce, repudiate
(derivation) withdrawal, backdown, climb-down
6. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
(synonym) seclude, sequester, sequestrate
(hypernym) isolate, insulate
(verb-group) adjourn, retire
(derivation) withdrawer
7. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. 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"
(synonym) remove, take, take away
(hyponym) epilate, depilate
(derivation) withdrawal
8. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
(synonym) adjourn, retire
(hypernym) close, fold, shut down, close down
(hyponym) prorogue
(entail) meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(verb-group) seclude, sequester, sequestrate
(derivation) withdrawal
9. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
(synonym) bow out
(hypernym) retire
(verb-group) retire
(derivation) withdrawal
10. 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"
(synonym) draw, take out, draw off
(antonym) deposit, bank
(hypernym) remove, take, take away
(hyponym) cheque, check out
(verb-group) draw, take out
(derivation) withdrawer
11. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
(synonym) retire
(hypernym) tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
(hyponym) chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out
(verb-group) retire
(derivation) withdrawer
12. 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"
(synonym) retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns
(verb-group) retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
(derivation) withdrawer

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Withdraw
  

wei2 wei4 jiu4 zhao4
Besieging Wei to rescue Zhao.
A stratagem exploited in war to strike at the enemy's weak point in orer to force him to withdraw.

tui4 bi4 san1 she4
Withdrawing three "she".
Keeping one's distance. (One "she" is equal to 30 "li", i.e. close to 15 kilometres)

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