vverb.motionpull back or move away or backwardSynset:draw back move back pull away recede retire retreat withdraw
Examples:- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
Antonyms:advance
Derivationally Related Form:pullbackrecedingwithdrawal
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:withdrawtravel
Direct Hyponyms:back downback offback upfall backretreatretrograde
Full Troponyms:back upebbfall backretrograde
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactuse a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)Synset:draw back retract
Derivationally Related Form:retractor
Hypernyms:pull
Inherited Hypernyms:retractpullforceact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactmove to a rearward position; pull towards the backHypernyms:draw pull
Inherited Hypernyms:pull backpullmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.contactstretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)Synset:draw
Examples:- The archers were drawing their bows
Hypernyms:stretch
Inherited Hypernyms:pull backstretchpullmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activitySynset:back away back out crawfish crawfish out pull in one's horns retreat withdraw
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:withdrawerwithdrawal
Inherited Hypernyms:retreat
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s