draw out
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to speak,
Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet
Types & categories
- reach out hypernym
Sense 2 verb
lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
We prolonged our stay
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- prolongation derivation
- protraction derivation
- lengthiness derivation
- extendible derivation
- carry verb group
Sense 3 verb
make more sociable
The therapist drew out the shy girl
Types & categories
- encourage hypernym
Sense 4 verb
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
Types & categories
- interpret hypernym
Sense 5 verb
remove as if by suction
aspirate the wound
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
- suck in verb group
Sense 6 verb
remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
pull weeds
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
- wring out hyponym
- demodulate hyponym
- thread hyponym
Related & opposite
- extraction derivation
- extractor derivation
- extractable derivation
- pull out verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reach out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prolongation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protraction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lengthiness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extendible |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | carry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lengthen |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | extend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | temporize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spin out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | encourage |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | interpret |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | suck in |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | extraction |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | extractor |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | extractable |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | pull out |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | wring out |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | demodulate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | thread |