draw out
verb8 senses
- 1To make (something) last for more time than is…
- 2To physically extract, as blood from a vein.
- 3To extract, to bring out, as concealed information; to…
- 4To use means to entice or force (an animal) from its…
- 5To cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative.
- 6To redraw an electoral district in order to make it…
- 7To improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving…
- 8To leave the place (of an army), etc.
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
Government, Politics To redraw an electoral district in order to make it unlikely a particular candidate or party will win it.
7
Card games, Poker 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
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: