drawing in
Sketching or enticing
Drawing in describes movement toward a center or interior.
Days draw in as winter approaches—daylight hours shorten and darkness encroaches earlier.
A crowd draws in around a street performer.
You might draw in a breath sharply when startled.
The phrase often suggests gradual enclosure or contraction: The evenings are drawing in now that autumn's here.
- attractingDrawing toward oneself
- pullingForce toward oneself
- pulling inReaching a destination
- luringAttracting through enticement
- enticingPowerfully attractive
inhaling · taking a breath · deep breath · breathing · sketching · reeling · magnetizing · sucking · absorbing · captivating · hooking · beckoning · tempting · gathering · summoning · inviting · alluring · breath
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- intake typeswater intake, calorie intake, nutrient intake, oxygen intake, protein intake
drawing inpushing away
Forcing something back
pushing out · expelling · ejecting · casting out · forcing out
drawing inpushing away
Forcing something back
repelling · excluding · shutting out · driving away · alienating
drawing inbreathing out
Expulsion of air
exhaling · expiring · blowing out · expelling · letting out
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