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(verb) cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet." |
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Related Words: reach out |
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(verb) of screws or bolts |
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Synonyms: drive in, screw |
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Related Words: go around, revolve, rotate |
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(verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer: "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day" |
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Synonyms: extend, prolong, protract |
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Related Words: extend, lengthen, spin, spin out, temporize |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: extract, pull out, take out |
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Related Words: demodulate, remove, squeeze out, take, take away, wring out |
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(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) |
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Synonyms: educe, elicit, evoke, extract |
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Related Words: construe, interpret |
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