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withdrawal
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noun
the act of taking out money or other capital
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noun
the act of withdrawing
the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam
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noun
a retraction of a previously held position
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noun
avoiding emotional involvement
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noun
the termination of drug taking
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noun
the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc
the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood
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noun
the act of ceasing to participate in an activity
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noun
(= secession)
formal separation from an alliance or federation
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noun
(= coitus interruptus)
a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
fork
Noun
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An instrument for eating, with 3 or 4 sharp points called tines, all in the same direction.
I ate with my fork.
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A place where one thing becomes two.
She came to a fork in the road.
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(chess) A situation where two or more enemy pieces are in danger from the same piece.
He moved his queen and caught me in a fork.
fork
Verb
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To split, become two.
The road forks there.
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To move something with a fork.
He forked food into his mouth.