'draw out' definitions:

Definition of 'draw out'

verb

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

verb

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" [syn: prolong, protract, extend, draw out]

verb

Make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"

verb

Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out]

verb

Remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" [syn: aspirate, draw out, suck out]

verb

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" [syn: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out]

Synonyms of 'draw out'

From: Moby Thesaurus

arouse,
avulse,
bring forth,
bring out,
bring to light,
call forth,
call out,
call up,
chatter,
continue,
cut out,
dawdle,
deduce,
deracinate,
derive,
dig out,
dig up,
disentangle,
drag out,
draw,
draw forth,
dredge,
dredge up,
dwell on,
educe,
elicit,
elongate,
eradicate,
evoke,
evolve,
evulse,
excavate,
excise,
exsect,
extend,
extract,
extricate,
fill out,
get from,
get out,
get out of,
gouge out,
grub up,
induce,
lengthen,
lengthen out,
let out,
linger on,
mine,
never finish,
obtain,
pad,
perorate,
pick out,
pluck out,
pluck up,
procrastinate,
procure,
produce,
prolong,
prolongate,
protract,
pull,
pull out,
pull up,
quarry,
rake out,
remove,
rip out,
root out,
root up,
rouse,
run out,
secure,
speak at length,
spin out,
stimulate,
strain,
stretch,
stretch out,
string out,
summon forth,
summon up,
take out,
tauten,
tear out,
temporize,
tense,
tighten,
unearth,
unravel,
uproot,
wangle,
wangle out of,
weed out,
winkle out,
withdraw,
worm out,
worm out of,
wrest out

Words containing 'draw out'

Draw,
Drawing,
To draw in,
To draw off,
To draw on,
To draw out,
To draw over,
To draw up,
draw in,
draw off,
draw on,
draw up,
drawing off,
A drawing of tea,
Chalk drawing,
Charcoal drawing,
Crayon drawing,
Detail drawing,
Draw bridge,
Drawing chalk,
Drawing knife,
Drawing paper,
Drawing pen,
Drawing slate,
Sepia drawing,
Sneck drawing,
To draw a bow,
To draw a cover,
To draw a curtain,
To draw a line,
To draw back,
To draw breath,
To draw cuts,
To draw interest,
To draw lots,
To draw one on to,
To draw one out,
To draw one to,
To draw the curtain,
To draw the longbow,
To draw to a head,
To draw to memory,
Wash drawing,
Working drawing,
cutaway drawing,
draw a bead on,
draw a blank,
draw a line,
draw and quarter,
draw away,
draw back,
draw close,
draw near,
draw play,
draw poker,
draw rein,
draw the line,
draw together,
drawing board,
drawing card,
drawing ink,
drawing lots,
drawing pin,
drawing power,
drawing room,
drawing shave,
drawing string,
drawing table,
line drawing,
mechanical drawing,
rough drawing,
schematic drawing,
Draw-cut,
Drawing-room,
To come or draw to a head,
To draw a long bow,
To draw a straight furrow,
draw-water,
special drawing rights,
Drawing-room car,
Free-hand drawing