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| aspirate |
to remove or draw out by suction, as with an aspirator. [1/5 definitions] |
| broach |
to create or enlarge (a hole), esp. in order to draw out liquid, as from a cask. [1/7 definitions] |
| command |
to draw out or call for; to capture. [1/7 definitions] |
| exhale |
to draw out or off as a vapor; evaporate. [1/4 definitions] |
| extract |
to separate or draw out (juice from a fruit, metal from an ore, or the like) by pressure, distillation, or chemical action. [1/9 definitions] |
| fish |
to pull or draw out (often followed by "up" or "out"). [1/5 definitions] |
| slub |
to draw out and twist (a textile fiber) before spinning. [1/3 definitions] |
| spin |
to draw out, twist, and wind, or to make by doing this. [2/8 definitions] |
| syringe |
such a device attached to a hollow pointed needle and used medically to draw out measured quantities of body fluids or to inject drugs or the like; hypodermic syringe. [1/3 definitions] |
| temporize |
to draw out discussions or negotiations in order to gain time. [1/4 definitions] |
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