Dictionary entry details
• DRAW OUT (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to speak,
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet
Hypernyms (to "draw out" is one way to...):
reach out (attempt to communicate)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
prolong; protract; draw out; extend
Context examples:
We prolonged our stay / She extended her visit by another day / The meeting was drawn out until midnight
Hypernyms (to "draw out" is one way to...):
lengthen (make longer)
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
Meaning:
Make more sociable
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
The therapist drew out the shy girl
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
Meaning:
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
educe; elicit; evoke; extract; draw out
Context example:
We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
Hypernyms (to "draw out" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Remove as if by suction
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
aspirate; suck out; draw out
Context example:
aspirate the wound
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
extract; pull out; pull up; draw out; take out; pull
Context examples:
pull weeds / extract a bad tooth / take out a splinter / extract information from the telegram
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)
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
