draw back

English Thesaurus

1. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	pull,
definition	:	apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion (verb.contact)

2. pull back or move away or backward (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	go, locomote, move, travel,
definition	:	change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	fall back,
definition	:	move back and away from (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	retreat, retrograde,
definition	:	move back (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	back down, back off, back up,
definition	:	move backwards from a certain position (verb.motion)

verb group	:	back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw,
definition	:	make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity (verb.communication)

3. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) (verb.contact)

derivation	:	retractor,
definition	:	surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision (noun.artifact)

4. pull back or move away or backward (verb.motion)

antonym	:	advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress,
definition	:	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense (verb.motion)

derivation	:	withdrawal,
definition	:	the act of withdrawing (noun.act)

derivation	:	pullback,
definition	:	(military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) (noun.act)

derivation	:	receding, recession,
definition	:	the act of becoming more distant (noun.act)

5. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) (verb.contact)

derivation	:	retractor,
definition	:	surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision (noun.artifact)

6. pull back or move away or backward (verb.motion)

antonym	:	advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress,
definition	:	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense (verb.motion)

derivation	:	withdrawal,
definition	:	the act of withdrawing (noun.act)

derivation	:	pullback,
definition	:	(military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) (noun.act)

derivation	:	receding, recession,
definition	:	the act of becoming more distant (noun.act)