Overview of verb draw-out

The verb draw out has 6 senses

• draw out -- (cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet")


• prolong, protract, extend, draw out -- (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")


• draw out -- (make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl")


• educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out -- (deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant")


• aspirate, draw out, suck out -- (remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound")


• extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out -- (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")

Overview of adj drawn-out

The adj drawn-out has 2 senses

• drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted -- (relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations")


• drawn-out -- ((used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels)