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4 N‑UNCOUNT Withdrawal is the period during which someone feels ill after they have stopped taking a drug which they were addicted to. □ [+ from ] Withdrawal from heroin is actually like a severe attack of gastric flu. SYNONYMS withdrawal NOUN 1

removal:Parliament had decided that his removal from power was illegal.

termination:…a dispute which led to the abrupt termination of trade.

cancellation:…a march by groups calling for cancellation of Third World debt.

with|dra w|al symp|toms N‑PLURAL When someone has withdrawal symptoms , they feel ill after they have stopped taking a drug which they were addicted to.

with|drawn /w I ðdrɔː n/

1Withdrawn is the past participle of withdraw .

2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] Someone who is withdrawn is very quiet, and does not want to talk to other people. □  He had become withdrawn and moody.

with|drew /w I ðdruː / Withdrew is the past tense of withdraw .

with|er /w I ðə ^r / (withers , withering , withered )

1 VERB If someone or something withers , they become very weak. □ [V ] When he went into retirement, he visibly withered. □ [V ] Industries unable to modernise have been left to wither. ● PHRASAL VERB Wither away means the same as wither . □ [V P ] To see my body literally wither away before my eyes was exasperating.

2 VERB If a flower or plant withers , it dries up and dies. □ [V ] The flowers in Isabel's room had withered.

▸  wither away → see wither 1

with|ered /w I ðə ^r d/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe a person or a part of their body as withered , you mean that they are thin and their skin looks old. □  …her withered hands.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Withered is used to describe someone's leg or arm when it is thin and weak because of disease or injury. □  She has one slightly withered leg, noticeably thinner than the other.

with|er|ing /w I ðər I ŋ/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A withering look or remark is very critical, and is intended to make someone feel ashamed or stupid. □  Deborah Jane's mother gave her a withering look.

with|hold /w I ðhoʊ ld/ (withholds , withholding , withheld /w I ðhe ld/) VERB If you withhold something that someone wants, you do not let them have it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Police withheld the dead boy's name yesterday until relatives could be told. □ [V n] Financial aid for Britain has been withheld. [Also V from n/-ing]

with|ho ld|ing tax (withholding taxes ) N‑VAR A withholding tax is an amount of money that is taken in advance from someone's income, in order to pay some of the tax they will owe. [mainly AM , BUSINESS ]

with|in ◆◆◆ /w I ð I n/

1 PREP If something is within a place, area, or object, it is inside it or surrounded by it. [FORMAL ] □  Clients are entertained within private dining rooms. □  Land-use can vary enormously even within a small country. ● ADV [usu from ADV , oft ADV after v] Within is also an adverb. □  A small voice called from within. 'Yes, just coming.'

2 PREP Something that happens or exists within a society, organization, or system, happens or exists inside it. □  …the spirit of self-sacrifice within an army. □  Within criminal law almost anything could be defined as 'crime'. ● ADV [usu from ADV , oft ADV after v] Within is also an adverb. □  The Church of England, with threats of split from within, has still to make up its mind.

3 PREP If you experience a particular feeling, you can say that it is within you. [LITERARY ] □  He's coping much better within himself.