back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, pull back, withdraw - 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"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

recede, fall back, retire - move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

back down, back off, back up - move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"

retire, withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

bow out, withdraw - retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

let go, let go of, release, relinquish - release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

unlock - set free or release

take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"

decommission - withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998"

repudiate, renounce - cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

depilate, epilate - remove body hair; "epilate her legs"

harvest - remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; "The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals"

tip - remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"

stem - remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

extirpate - surgically remove (an organ)

enucleate - remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover

exenterate - remove the contents of (an organ)

enucleate - remove the nucleus from (a cell)

decorticate - remove the cortex of (an organ)

bail - remove (water) from a vessel with a container

undress, disinvest, divest, strip - remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"

ablate - remove an organ or bodily structure

clean, pick - remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"

clean - remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it"

winnow - remove by a current of air; "winnow chaff"

unbrace - remove a brace or braces form

pick - remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"

clear up, clear - free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"

muck - remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine

lift - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"

lift - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"

lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"

tear away, tear off - rip off violently and forcefully; "The passing bus tore off her side mirror"

take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"

take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"

stone, pit - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"

seed - remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"

unhinge - remove the hinges from; "unhinge the door"

shuck - remove the shucks from; "shuck corn"

hull - remove the hulls from; "hull the berries"

crumb - remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"

chip away, chip away at - remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"

burl - remove the burls from cloth

knock out - destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out"

scavenge, clean - remove unwanted substances from

hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize - remove the pituitary glands

degas - remove gas from

husk, shell - remove the husks from; "husk corn"

bur, burr - remove the burrs from

clear away, clear off - remove from sight

flick - remove with a flick (of the hand, for example)

dismantle, strip - take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper"

strip - remove a constituent from a liquid

clear - remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"

defang - remove the fangs from; "defang the poisonous snake"

debone, bone - remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"

disembowel, eviscerate, draw - remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken"

shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"

shuck - remove from the shell; "shuck oysters"

detusk, tusk - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"

dehorn - prevent the growth of horns of certain animals

scalp - remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped"

seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

close, close down, shut down, fold - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."

prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

remove, take away, withdraw, take - 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"

draw, take out - take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"

cheque, check out - withdraw money by writing a check

hive off, divert - withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

overdraw - draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"

tap - draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money"

disinvest, divest - reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the univeristy to disinvest in South Africa"

fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - get tired of something or somebody

retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

bow out, chicken out, back down, back off, pull out - remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"

draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"