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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (6)

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

2. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer;
- Example: "We prolonged our stay"
- Example: "She extended her visit by another day"
- Example: "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
[syn: prolong, protract, extend, draw out]

3. make more sociable;
- Example: "The therapist drew out the shy girl"

4. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);
- Example: "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
[syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out]

5. remove as if by suction;
- Example: "aspirate the wound"
[syn: aspirate, draw out, suck out]

6. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense;
- Example: "pull weeds"
- Example: "extract a bad tooth"
- Example: "take out a splinter"
- Example: "extract information from the telegram"
[syn: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

draw out
    v 1: cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so
         quiet"
    2: 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" [syn: prolong,
       protract, extend, draw out]
    3: make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"
    4: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
       some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
       [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out]
    5: remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" [syn:
       aspirate, draw out, suck out]
    6: 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"
       [syn: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out,
       draw out]