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English verb: draw out | |||
| 1. | draw out (communication) cause to speak, | ||
| Samples | Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reach out | ||
| 2. | draw out (change) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer | ||
| Samples | We prolonged our stay. She extended her visit by another day. The meeting was drawn out until midnight. | ||
| Synonyms | extend, prolong, protract | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lengthen | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | extend, spin, spin out, temporise, temporize | ||
| Verb group | carry, extend | ||
| 3. | draw out (emotion) make more sociable | ||
| Samples | The therapist drew out the shy girl. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | encourage | ||
| 4. | draw out (creation) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | ||
| Samples | We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant. | ||
| Synonyms | educe, elicit, evoke, extract | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | construe, interpret, see | ||
| 5. | draw out (contact) remove as if by suction | ||
| Samples | Aspirate the wound. | ||
| Synonyms | aspirate, suck out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Verb group | draw in, suck in | ||
| 6. | draw out (contact) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | ||
| Samples | Pull weeds. Extract a bad tooth. Take out a splinter. Extract information from the telegram. | ||
| Synonyms | extract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | demodulate, squeeze out, thread, wring out | ||
| Verb group | draw, get out, pull, pull out, take out | ||
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