DICTOMETER

DRAWN-OUT

1. Synonyms:
   • Draw out
   Definitions:
   • cause to speak,
   Examples:
   • Can you draw her out
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Prolong
   • Protract
   • Extend
   • Draw out
   Definitions:
   • lengthen in time
   • cause to be or last longer
   Examples:
   • We prolonged our stay
   • She extended her visit by another day
   • The meeting was drawn out until midnight
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Draw out
   Definitions:
   • make more sociable
   Examples:
   • The therapist drew out the shy girl
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Educe
   • Evoke
   • Elicit
   • Extract
   • Draw out
   Definitions:
   • deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
   Examples:
   • We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Aspirate
   • Draw out
   • Suck out
   Definitions:
   • remove as if by suction
   Examples:
   • Aspirate the wound
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Extract
   • Pull out
   • Pull
   • Pull up
   • Take out
   • Draw out
   Definitions:
   • remove, usually with some force or effort
   • also used in an abstract sense
   Examples:
   • Pull weeds
   • Extract a bad tooth
   • Take out a splinter
   • Extract information from the telegram
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Drawn-out
   • Extended
   • Lengthy
   • Prolonged
   • Protracted
   Definitions:
   • relatively long in duration
   • tediously protracted
   Examples:
   • A drawn-out argument
   • An extended discussion
   • A lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
   • A prolonged and bitter struggle
   • Protracted negotiations
   Antonyms:
   • Short
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Drawn-out
   Definitions:
   • (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels
   Antonyms:
   • Fast