1. Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
   "We drew out our stay";
   - prolong, protract, extend
    
2. Cause to speak
   "The interviewer drew out the shy candidate"
    
3. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
   "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant";
   - educe [formal], evoke, elicit, extract
    
4. Make more sociable
   "The therapist drew out the shy girl"
    
5. Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
   "draw out a bad tooth";
   - extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, rip out, tear out
    
6. Remove by suction
   "draw out the wound";
   - aspirate, suck out
    
7. To pull or stretch something to make it longer
   "The metalworker drew out the wire into a thin strand"

Derived forms: draws out, drawing out, drew out, drawn out

Type of: construe, encourage, interpret, lengthen, reach out, remove, see, take, take away, withdraw