Lexic.us

Definition of Draw out

1. Verb. Cause to speak,. "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"

2. Verb. Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer. "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

3. Verb. Make more sociable. "The therapist drew out the shy girl"

4. Verb. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning). "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

5. Verb. Remove as if by suction. "Aspirate the wound"

6. Verb. Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. "Extract information from the telegram"

Definition of Draw out

1. Verb. To make something last for more time than is necessary; prolong; extend. ¹

2. Verb. To physically extract, as blood from a vein. ¹

3. Verb. To extract, bring out, as concealed information; elicit; educe. ¹

4. Verb. To use means to entice or force (an animal) from it's hole or similar hiding place; '''or''', by extension, cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative. ¹

5. Verb. (poker) To improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw Out

draw and quarter draw attention draw away draw back draw bridge draw close draw down draw even draw in draw left

draw level draw near draw off draw on draw one's last breath draw out (current term) draw play draw poker draw raise draw raises

draw rein draw right draw sheet draw sheets draw straws draw stumps draw the curtains draw the line draw the short straw draw together

Literary usage of Draw out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Whole Language by John Walker, John Longmuir (1902)
"... divide, va To ai-tract' To allure ; invite ; draw te, va To ex-traet To draw out of; to select, va To pro-tract' To draw out; delay ; lengthen, v. a, ..."

2. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"CHAPTER III How Sir Gawaine assayed to draw out the sword, and how an old man brought in Galahad. Now, fair nephew, said the king unto Sir Gawaine, ..."

3. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"That failing to draw Grant away, there seems nothing left but to draw out their resistance to the last moment. But how Lee can cover Meade on three sides, ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To DRAUGHT, (draft) DO To draw out; to call forth. ... To draw out, To protract ; to lengthen ; to extract ; to pump out by insinuation ; to induce by ..."

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