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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:
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:
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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