draw out

Verb
  1. Cause to speak (synset 200746762)
    "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"
    is a type of: reach out - attempt to communicate
  2. Lengthen in time;
    Cause to be or last longer (synset 200318689)
    "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
    is a type of: lengthen - make longer
    subtypes:
    same as: extend, prolong, protract
    verb group: carry, extend - continue or extend
  3. Make more sociable (synset 201822505)
    "The therapist drew out the shy girl"
    is a type of: encourage - inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
  4. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) (synset 201634074)
    "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
    is a type of: construe, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to
    same as: educe, elicit, evoke, extract
  5. Remove by suction (synset 201543481)
    "aspirate the wound"
    is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
    same as: aspirate, suck out
    verb group: draw in, suck in - draw in as if by suction
  6. Remove, usually with some force or effort;
    Also used in an abstract sense (synset 201353852)
    "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
    is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
    subtypes:
    • squeeze out, wring out - extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
    • demodulate - extract information from a modulated carrier wave
    • thread - remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
    same as: extract, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out
    verb group: draw, get out, pull, pull out, take out - bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

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