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withdraw
English
Etymology
From Middle English withdrawen (“to draw away, draw back”), from with- (“away, back”) + drawen (“to draw”). More at with-, draw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?ð?d???/, /w???d???/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
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(third-person singular simple present withdraws, present participle withdrawing, simple past withdrew, past participle withdrawn)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.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (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.
- (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.
- 1994, Edward St Aubyn, Bad News, Picador 2006, p. 201:
Synonyms
- (take back): recant, unsay; See also Thesaurus:recant
Translations
References
- “withdraw”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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wean
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian (“to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjan? (“to make wont; accustom”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive for; wish; love”). Cognate with Dutch wennen, German gewöhnen, Danish vænne, Swedish vänja, Icelandic venja. Related via PIE to wone, wont, and wonder, and perhaps win.
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?n, IPA(key): /wi?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
Verb
wean (third-person singular simple present weans, present participle weaning, simple past and past participle weaned)
- (transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
- Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
- (intransitive) To cease to depend on the mother's milk for nutrition.
- (transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.
- (intransitive, by extension) To cease to depend.
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Blend of wee +? ane (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wi?(?)n/, /?we?(?)n/, [we?n]
Noun
wean (plural weans)
- (Scotland, Ulster) A small child.
Anagrams
- Ewan, Newa, anew, wane
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wæ???n/
Noun
w?an m
- inflection of w?a:
- accusative/genitive/dative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Scots
Etymology
wee +? ane
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wen], [?w??n]
Noun
wean (plural weans)
- young child
Synonyms
- bairnie
Derived terms
- weanish
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