单词 | withhold |
释义 | withhold (once / 541 pages) v If you keep something back and don't share it, you withhold it. You can withhold things such as permission, emotion, or information. You might get into trouble if you withhold information from your parents or the police. The verb withhold means to deduct from a payment and hold back. Your job will withhold money from your paycheck for things like taxes. You may also choose to withhold money from your check for healthcare, retirement, and numerous other voluntary accounts. The past tense of the verb withhold is withheld. Withhold is spelled with a double h because it is made by combining the words with and hold. WORD FAMILYwithhold: withheld, withholder, withholding, withholds+/withholder: withholders/withholding: withholdings USAGE EXAMPLESMedia outlets report the woman’s name was withheld pending notification of relatives. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Police say the name of the man is being withheld until his relatives are notified. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The name of the man was being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v hold back; refuse to hand over or share The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room Syn|Hypo|Hyper keep back block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) keep to oneselfwithhold information denyrefuse to grant, as of a petition or request reservehold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency immobilise, immobilizehold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital deprivekeep from having, keeping, or obtaining ablactate, weangradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk famish, starvedeprive of food starvedeprive of a necessity and cause suffering devoteset aside or apart for a specific purpose or use tongue-tiedeprive of speech dockdeprive someone of benefits, as a penalty bilkevade payment to disinherit, disownprevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting impoverishmake poor disenfranchise, disfranchisedeprive of voting rights deny, refuse refuse to let have 2v retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments My employer is withholding taxes Syn|Hypo|Hyper deduct, recoup dock deduct from someone's wages hold on, keep retain possession of |
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