| VERB | communication | draw out | cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet" |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | draw out, prolong, protract, extend | lengthen in time | |
| emotion | draw out | make more sociable | |
| creation | draw out, educe, evoke, elicit, extract | deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning / meaning) | |
| contact | draw out, aspirate, suck out | remove as if by suction | |
| contact | draw out, extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, rip out, tear out | remove, usually with some force or effort |
| Meaning | Cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet". | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | reach out | attempt to communicate |
| Meaning | lengthen in time; cause to be or last / last longer. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | prolong, protract, extend | |
| Narrower | extend | prolong the time allowed for payment of |
| spin, spin out | prolong or extend | |
| temporize, temporise | draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time | |
| Broader | lengthen | make longer |
| Similar to | carry, extend | Continue or extend |
| Spanish | alargar, extenderse, prolongar | |
| Catalan | allargar, estendre's, prolongar | |
| Meaning | make more sociable. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | encourage | inspire with confidence |
| Meaning | deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning / meaning). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | educe, evoke, elicit, extract | |
| Broader | interpret, construe, see | make sense of |
| See also | draw | take liquid out of a container or well |
| Spanish | educir, lograr, sacar | |
| Catalan | extraure, extreure, treure | |
| Meaning | Remove as if by suction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | aspirate, suck out | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Similar to | suck in, draw in | draw in as if by suction |
| Meaning | Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, rip out, tear out | |
| Narrower | demodulate | extract information from a modulated carrier wave |
| thread | Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string | |
| wring out, squeeze out | extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Similar to | draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover |
| Spanish | extraer, sacar | |
| Catalan | extreure | |
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