āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
draw in
/dÉšËÉË ËÉĒn/
to draw in
[phrase form: draw]
01
āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž
to capture attention or interest often through physical appeal or psychological influence
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The charismatic speaker had the ability to draw in listeners with compelling stories and persuasive arguments.
āĻā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻžāĻāϰā§āώāĻ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϰā§āĻāύāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāύāĻž, āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to breathe in something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the diver surfaced, he eagerly drew in a lungful of oxygen.
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āϝāĻāύ āĻā§āϏ⧠āĻāĻ āϞ, āϤāĻāύ āϏ⧠āĻāϤā§āϏāĻžāĻšā§ āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏāĻž
(of trains) to enter or move into a station
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Passengers on the platform eagerly awaited the arrival of the train, watching it draw in.
āĻĒā§āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻĢāϰā§āĻŽā§āϰ āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰā§āϰāĻž āĻā§āϰā§āύā§āϰ āĻāϏāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ
āϧā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻšā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏā§āĻā§āĻļāύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻā§āϰāϏāϰ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to advance toward a particular location or point
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Dark clouds began to draw in from the horizon, signaling an approaching storm.
āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŽā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāύā§āϤ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϞ, āĻāϏāύā§āύ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
05
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to engage or involve someone in a particular activity, situation, or conversation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher encouraged students to draw in their classmates for a collaborative assignment.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻšāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāĻāύāĻŽā§āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāϤā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
06
āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž
to curl one's body into a rounded or bent form
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cat drew in on the windowsill, making a cozy, rounded shape for a nap.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāϏāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ, āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϞ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
07
āĻ āύā§āϧāĻāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of the sky) to become darker earlier in the evening due to the approach of winter
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The noticeable change in the weather signaled that the days were drawing in, marking the onset of winter.
āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϞāĻā§āώāĻŖā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§, āϝāĻž āĻļā§āϤā§āϰ āϏā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
08
āĻāĻāĻāĻž, āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to create a visual representation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using charcoal, she began to draw in the shadows and highlights on the still life composition
āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāϞāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϞāĻžāĻāĻĢ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻāĻŋāĻļāύ⧠āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϞā§āύāĨ¤



























