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DRAW IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Draw in as if by suction
Example:
suck in your cheeks and stomach
Synonyms:
draw in; suck in
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "draw in" is one way to...):
core out; hollow; hollow out (remove the interior of)
Verb group:
aspirate; draw out; suck out (remove by suction)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
Example:
The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers
Synonyms:
attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "draw in" is one way to...):
draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)
Verb group:
draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)
curl; curl up; draw in (shape one's body into a curl)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw in"):
tug (pull hard)
arrest; catch; get (attract and fix)
draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)
bring (attract the attention of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Pull inward or towards a center
Example:
The cat retracted his claws
Synonyms:
draw in; retract
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "draw in" is one way to...):
attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes)
Verb group:
attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw in"):
introvert; invaginate (fold inwards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of trains; move into (a station)
Example:
The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station
Synonyms:
draw in; get in; move in; pull in
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "draw in" is one way to...):
arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Verb group:
close in; draw in (advance or converge on)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 5
Meaning:
Advance or converge on
Example:
The police were closing in on him
Synonyms:
close in; draw in
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "draw in" is one way to...):
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Verb group:
draw in; get in; move in; pull in (of trains; move into (a station))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 6
Meaning:
Shape one's body into a curl
Example:
She fell and drew in
Synonyms:
curl; curl up; draw in
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "draw in" is one way to...):
Verb group:
attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
