DRAW IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does draw in mean? 

• DRAW IN (verb)
  The verb DRAW IN has 6 senses:

1. pull inward or towards a center

2. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

3. shape one's body into a curl

4. advance or converge on

5. of trains; move into (a station)

6. draw in as if by suction

  Familiarity information: DRAW IN used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAW IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pull inward or towards a center

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

draw in; retract

Context example:

The cat retracted his claws

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 2

Meaning:

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in

Context example:

The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers

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:

Shape one's body into a curl

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

curl; curl up; draw in

Context example:

She fell and drew in

Hypernyms (to "draw in" is one way to...):

bend; flex (form a curve)

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Advance or converge on

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

close in; draw in

Context example:

The police were closing in on him

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 5

Meaning:

Of trains; move into (a station)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

draw in; get in; move in; pull in

Context example:

The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station

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 6

Meaning:

Draw in as if by suction

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

draw in; suck in

Context example:

suck in your cheeks and stomach

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

 Context examples 

To draw in with the breath through the nose or mouth.

(Inhalation, NCI Thesaurus)

But this circle had a continuous tendency to draw in upon him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

See, I bury my face in the grass, and the breath I draw in through my nostrils sets me quivering with a thousand thoughts and fancies.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

We are always meeting with some old friend or other; the streets full of them every morning; sure to have plenty of chat; and then we get away from them all, and shut ourselves in our lodgings, and draw in our chairs, and are as snug as if we were at Kellynch, ay, or as we used to be even at North Yarmouth and Deal.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

With about the same mass as our Sun but packed into an object about the size of a large city, neutron stars can, like black holes, draw in material and create a fast-moving disk of debris.

(NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a Flash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Holmes rushed to the top of the stairs to draw in the fresh air, and then, dashing into the room, he threw up the window and hurled the brazen tripod out into the garden.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Listen, then, Jane Eyre, to your sentence: to-morrow, place the glass before you, and draw in chalk your own picture, faithfully, without softening one defect; omit no harsh line, smooth away no displeasing irregularity; write under it, 'Portrait of a Governess, disconnected, poor, and plain.'

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)