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1. draw_out - verb

· cause to speak; "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"

Hypernym(s): reach_out




2. draw_out - verb

· 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"

Synonym(s): prolong, protract, extend

Hypernym(s): lengthen




3. draw_out - verb

· make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"

Hypernym(s): encourage




4. draw_out - verb

· deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

Synonym(s): educe, evoke, elicit, extract

Hypernym(s): interpret, construe, see




5. draw_out - verb

· remove by suction; "aspirate the wound"

Synonym(s): aspirate, suck_out

Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw




6. draw_out - verb

· remove, 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"

Synonym(s): extract, pull_out, pull, pull_up, take_out, rip_out, tear_out

Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw





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