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Meaning of DRAW OUT

Pronunciation:  droawt

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
  2. [v]  cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet."
  3. [v]  draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
  4. [v]  deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
  5. [v]  make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"
 
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 Synonyms: educe, elicit, evoke, extend, extract, extract, prolong, protract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out
 
 See Also: construe, demodulate, encourage, interpret, lengthen, reach out, remove, see, spin, spin out, squeeze out, take, take away, temporise, temporize, withdraw, wring out

 

 

Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: arouse, avulse, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, chatter, continue, cut out, dawdle, deduce, deracinate, derive, dig out, dig up, disentangle, drag out, draw, draw forth, dredge, dredge up, dwell on, educe, elicit, elongate, eradicate, evoke, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exsect, extend, extract, extricate, fill out, get from, get out, get out of, gouge out, grub up, induce, lengthen, lengthen out, let out, linger on, mine, never finish, obtain, pad, perorate, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, procrastinate, procure, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull out, pull up, quarry, rake out, remove, rip out, root out, root up, rouse, run out, secure, speak at length, spin out, stimulate, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, summon forth, summon up, take out, tauten, tear out, temporize, tense, tighten, unearth, unravel, uproot, wangle, wangle out of, weed out, winkle out, withdraw, worm out, worm out of, wrest out
 

 

 

 

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