draw out meaning and definition

DRAW OUT verb

Definition of draw out (verb)

1. cause to speak
   • "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"
2. 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"
   • synonyms: extend, prolong, protract
3. make more sociable
   • "The therapist drew out the shy girl"
4. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
   • "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
   • synonyms: educe, elicit, evoke, extract
5. remove as if by suction
   • "aspirate the wound"
   • synonyms: aspirate, suck out
6. 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"
   • synonyms: extract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out