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To make (something) last for more time than is necessary; to prolong; to extend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It seems the boss tries to draw out these meetings for as long as possible just to punish us.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To physically extract, as blood from a vein.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To extract, to bring out, as concealed information; to elicit; to educe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To use means to entice or force (an animal) from its hole or similar hiding place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They used raw meat to draw the beast out of the cave.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
- She's really a neat person if you just take the time to draw her out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To redraw an electoral district in order to make it unlikely a particular candidate or party will win it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
Examples
- Jill had a flush on the turn, but Jimmy drew out by completing a full house on the river.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To leave the place (of an army), etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We prolonged our stay
- She extended her visit by another day
- The meeting was drawn out until midnight
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prolong, protract, extend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lengthen
Narrower terms: extend, temporize, temporise, spin, spin out
cause to speak,
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reach out
remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pull weeds
- extract a bad tooth
- take out a splinter
- extract information from the telegram
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
Narrower terms: wring out, squeeze out, demodulate, thread
remove as if by suction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aspirate, suck out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: educe, evoke, elicit, extract
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interpret, construe, see
make more sociable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The therapist drew out the shy girl
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: encourage
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
拖延
(tuōyán)
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Chinese Mandarin:
延長 /延长
(yáncháng)
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Czech:
natáhnout
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Czech:
protáhnout
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Czech:
prodloužit
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Danish:
trække ud
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Danish:
forhale
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Finnish:
pitkittää
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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French:
faire durer
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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French:
prolonger
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Italian:
prolungare
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Latin:
prōrogō
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hale ut
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
hale ut
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Swedish:
dra ut på tiden
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Swedish:
förhala
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Turkish:
uzatmak
— make something last for more time than is necessary
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Chinese Mandarin:
抽取
(chōuqǔ)
— physically extract
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Chinese Mandarin:
抽出
(chōuchū)
— physically extract
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Czech:
vytáhnout
— physically extract
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Czech:
extrahovat
— physically extract
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Danish:
trække ud
— physically extract
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Finnish:
valuttaa
— physically extract
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Finnish:
vuodattaa
— physically extract
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French:
extraire
— physically extract
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French:
prendre
— physically extract
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Ottoman Turkish:
چكمك
(çekmek)
— physically extract
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Chinese Mandarin:
引出
(yǐnchū)
— extract, bring out
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Chinese Mandarin:
套出
— extract, bring out
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Czech:
vytáhnout
— extract, bring out
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Danish:
trække frem
— extract, bring out
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Finnish:
paljastaa
— extract, bring out
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Spanish:
sonsacar
— extract, bring out
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Chinese Mandarin:
引誘出來 /引诱出来
(yǐnyòu chūlái)
— entice or force from a hiding place
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Czech:
vytáhnout
— entice or force from a hiding place
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Danish:
lokke frem
— entice or force from a hiding place
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Finnish:
houkutella
— entice or force from a hiding place
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Chinese Mandarin:
使開朗 /使开朗
(shǐ kāilǎng)
— cause a shy person to be more open or talkative
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Chinese Mandarin:
讓人敞開心扉 /让人敞开心扉
(ràng rén chǎngkāi xīnfēi)
— cause a shy person to be more open or talkative
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Czech:
rozpovídat
— cause a shy person to be more open or talkative
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Finnish:
saada avautumaan
— cause a shy person to be more open or talkative
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Chinese Mandarin:
補牌 /补牌
(bǔpái)
— poker: improve a losing hand
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Danish:
trække sig
— poker: improve a losing hand
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Finnish:
parantaa
— poker: improve a losing hand
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Chinese Mandarin:
撤退
(chètuì)
— leave the place (of an army), etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
撤離 /撤离
(chèlí)
— leave the place (of an army), etc.
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Finnish:
lähteä
— leave the place (of an army), etc.
