draw out

v 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" [syn: {prolong},

{protract}, {extend}]

3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) [syn: {educe},

{evoke}, {elicit}, {extract}]

4: of screws or bolts [syn: {screw}, {drive in}]

5: draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort;

"extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; also used in

an abstract sense: "extract information from the telegram"

[syn: {extract}, {pull out}, {take out}]