Dictionary

draw out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To make (something) last for more time than is necessary; to prolong; to extend.
   • It seems the boss tries to draw out these meetings for as long as possible just to punish us.
2. To physically extract, as blood from a vein.
   • Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
3. To extract, to bring out, as concealed information; to elicit; to educe.
4. To use means to entice or force (an animal) from its hole or similar hiding place.
   • They used raw meat to draw the beast out of the cave.
5. (broadly) To cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative.
   • She's really a neat person if you just take the time to draw her out.
6. To redraw an electoral district in order to make it unlikely a particular candidate or party will win it.
7. To improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.
   • Jill had a flush on the turn, but Jimmy drew out by completing a full house on the river.
8. (intransitive, obsolete) To leave the place (of an army), etc.
   • That the Scots Army drew out upon a March, and the English Army drew out to attend them, but could not engage them, by reason of a Bog and great Ditch between the two Armies, only they discharged their great Guns at one another, […] 1732, Memorials of the English Affairs:

Forms

Translations (47)

fr faire durer (make something last for more time than is necessary) · cs extrahovat (physically extract) · cmn 延長 /延长 (make something last for more time than is necessary) · da trække frem (extract, bring out) · fi saada avautumaan (cause a shy person to be more open or talkative) · sv dra ut på tiden (make something last for more time than is necessary) · da trække ud (make something last for more time than is necessary) · cmn 拖延 (make something last for more time than is necessary) · cmn 抽出 (physically extract) · fi vuodattaa (physically extract) · nn hale ut (make something last for more time than is necessary) · fi lähteä (leave the place (of an army), etc.) · sv förhala (make something last for more time than is necessary) · cmn 套出 (extract, bring out) · fi paljastaa (extract, bring out) · fr prolonger (make something last for more time than is necessary) · it prolungare (make something last for more time than is necessary) · cmn 撤退 (leave the place (of an army), etc.) · fi pitkittää (make something last for more time than is necessary) · cs rozpovídat (cause a shy person to be more open or talkative) · tr uzatmak (make something last for more time than is necessary) · cmn 引誘出來 /引诱出来 (entice or force from a hiding place) · cmn 撤離 /撤离 (leave the place (of an army), etc.) · cmn 讓人敞開心扉 /让人敞开心扉 (cause a shy person to be more open or talkative) · cs vytáhnout (extract, bring out) · cmn 抽取 (physically extract) · da forhale (make something last for more time than is necessary) · cmn 使開朗 /使开朗 (cause a shy person to be more open or talkative) · fi parantaa (poker: improve a losing hand) · la prōrogō (make something last for more time than is necessary) · fi valuttaa (physically extract) · da trække ud (physically extract) · da lokke frem (entice or force from a hiding place) · es sonsacar (extract, bring out) · cmn 引出 (extract, bring out) · da trække sig (poker: improve a losing hand) · cmn 補牌 /补牌 (poker: improve a losing hand) · cs natáhnout (make something last for more time than is necessary) · ota چكمك (physically extract) · cs prodloužit (make something last for more time than is necessary) · cs protáhnout (make something last for more time than is necessary) · cs vytáhnout (physically extract) · cs vytáhnout (entice or force from a hiding place) · fr extraire (physically extract) · fr prendre (physically extract) · nb hale ut (make something last for more time than is necessary) · fi houkutella (entice or force from a hiding place)