What is "draw out"

vb. 1 To make something last for more time than is necessary; prolong; extend. 2 To physically extract, as blood from a vein. 3 To extract, bring out, as concealed information; elicit; educe. 4 To use means to entice or force (an animal) from it's hole or similar hiding place; '''or''', by extension, cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative. 5 (lb en poker) To improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.

1. v. 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" [syn: prolong, protract, extend]

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" [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract]

5. draw or pull out, 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]