draw-out

Verbs

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

Synonyms

prolong protract extend educe elicit evoke extract aspirate suck out pull out pull up take out pull

Words of close approximity

draw off