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DRAW OUT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

Example:

The meeting was drawn out until midnight

Synonyms:

draw out; extend; prolong; protract

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "draw out" is one way to...):

lengthen (make longer)

Verb group:

carry; extend (continue or extend)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw out"):

extend (prolong the time allowed for payment of)

temporise; temporize (draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time)

spin; spin out (prolong or extend)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to speak

Example:

Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "draw out" is one way to...):

reach out (attempt to communicate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

Example:

extract information from the telegram

Synonyms:

draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; rip out; take out; tear out

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "draw out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Verb group:

draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw out"):

squeeze out; wring out (extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing)

demodulate (extract information from a modulated carrier wave)

thread (remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Remove by suction

Example:

aspirate the wound

Synonyms:

aspirate; draw out; suck out

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "draw out" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Verb group:

draw in; suck in (draw in as if by suction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

Example:

We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant

Synonyms:

draw out; educe; elicit; evoke; extract

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "draw out" is one way to...):

construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Make more sociable

Example:

The therapist drew out the shy girl

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "draw out" is one way to...):

encourage (inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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