Search Result for "draw_back":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. pull back or move away or backward;
- Example: "The enemy withdrew"
- Example: "The limo pulled away from the curb"
[syn: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back]

2. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ);
[syn: retract, pull back, draw back]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

draw back
    v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
         "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw,
         retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back,
         retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march
         on, move on, pass on, progress]
    2: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound
       or an organ) [syn: retract, pull back, draw back]