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Draw in   /drɔ ɪn/   Listen
Draw in

verb
1.
Pull inward or towards a center.  Synonym: retract.  "The cat retracted his claws"
2.
Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.  Synonyms: attract, draw, pull, pull in.  "The ad pulled in many potential customers" , "This pianist pulls huge crowds" , "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
3.
Shape one's body into a curl.  Synonyms: curl, curl up.  "She fell and drew in"
4.
Advance or converge on.  Synonym: close in.
5.
Of trains; move into (a station).  Synonyms: get in, move in, pull in.
6.
Draw in as if by suction.  Synonym: suck in.






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"Draw in" Quotes from Famous Books



... pushing their way through the crowd of idle loungers forward. And the passage had just been accomplished, for, as my eyes focussed the scene, they recognized the spare figure of the deputy disappearing over the crest—a vague glimpse, but sufficient. At the same instant hands above began to draw in the plank. ...
— The Devil's Own - A Romance of the Black Hawk War • Randall Parrish

... my shoes and coat over there to you first. To be rid of them will make swimming easier. Watch out now—good! Now draw in the line; we may need it. Got it all ...
— The Case and The Girl • Randall Parrish

... The men are required to form a precise line." (Here there is a sort of involuntary movement all along the line, by which, it is very sensibly straightened.) "They make all the men stand erect," (At this word, heads go up, and straggling feet draw in, all along the class,) "in the true military posture. They allow nothing to be done in the ranks, but to attend to the exercise," (John hastily crowds his apple into his pocket,) "and thus they regulate every thing, in exact and ...
— The Teacher - Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and - Government of the Young • Jacob Abbott

... money or the room for them. To produce space, the area is drawn in sidewise and lengthwise, but we must have the necessary amount of square feet of absorbing surface, consequently the boiler is doubled up, so to speak, and we have a "flue boiler." We draw in sidewise and lengthwise once more and double up the surface again, and that is a "tubular boiler." That includes all the "mystery" on ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 • Various

... it is drawn in," said his father, "but that is not strictly correct; it is really pressed in. There is no power of attraction, in the air that is in the room, to draw in the air that is out of doors, through the crevices; but the air that is out of doors, is so heavy, that it presses in, and crowds the warm and light ...
— Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] • Jacob Abbott


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