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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  draw in
       v 1: remove as if by suction; "draw in air" [syn: aspirate, suck
            in]
       2: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the
          landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" [syn: retract]
       3: direct toward itself or oneself by means of some
          psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good
          looks attract the stares of many men"; "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" [syn: attract, pull, pull in, draw]
          [ant: repel]
       4: shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under
          the covers"; "She fell and drew in" [syn: curl up, curl]
       5: advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"
          [syn: close in]
       6: move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into
          Tokyo Station" [syn: pull in, get in, move in] [ant:
           pull out]
       7: draw in as if by suction; "suck in your cheeks and stomach"
          [syn: suck in]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  draw in
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To attract.
     2 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To get (someone) involved.
     3 (lb en idiomatic intransitive of night/darkness/winter) To
  approach.
     4 (lb en idiomatic intransitive of nights or evenings) To become dark
  earlier as a result of seasonal change.
     5 To reduce or contract; to become shorter.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  draw in
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To attract.
     2 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To get (someone) involved.
     3 (lb en idiomatic intransitive of night/darkness/winter) To
  approach.
     4 (lb en idiomatic intransitive of nights or evenings) To become dark
  earlier as a result of seasonal change.
     5 To reduce or contract; to become shorter.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  draw in
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To attract.
     2 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To get (someone) involved.
     3 (lb en idiomatic intransitive of night/darkness/winter) To
  approach.
     4 (lb en idiomatic intransitive of nights or evenings) To become dark
  earlier as a result of seasonal change.
     5 To reduce or contract; to become shorter.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  draw in
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To attract.
     2 (lb en idiomatic transitive) To get (someone) involved.
     3 (lb en idiomatic intransitive of night/darkness/winter) To
  approach.
     4 (lb en idiomatic intransitive of nights or evenings) To become dark
  earlier as a result of seasonal change.
     5 To reduce or contract; to become shorter.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  draw in /dɹˈɔː ˈɪn/ 
  vtáhnout

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  draw in /dɹˈɔː ˈɪn/
  einzeichnen 
     Synonym: sketch in
  
   see: drawing in, sketching in, drawn in, sketched in
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  draw in /dɹˈɔː ˈɪn/
  hereinziehen 
     Synonym: drag in
  
   see: drawing in, dragging in, drawn in, dragged in
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  draw in /dɹˈɔː ˈɪn/ 
  1. laskeutua
  of night/darkness: to approach
  2. vetää
  to attract groups of people
  3. vetää mukaan
  to get someone involved

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "draw in":
     abbreviate, absorb, allure, argue, aspirate, bait, bait the hook,
     blandish, breathe in, bring around, cajole, catch up in,
     circumscribe, coarct, coax, compact, compress, concentrate,
     concern, condense, confine, consolidate, constrict, constringe,
     contract, convince, cramp, crank, crank in, cringe, curtail, decoy,
     decrease, diminish, draw, draw back, draw on, draw taut,
     draw together, duck, embarrass, engage, enmesh, ensnare, entangle,
     entice, flinch, flirt, flirt with, get, give the come-on, go in,
     implicate, inhale, inspire, interest, inveigle, involve, knit,
     lead on, limit, lure, narrow, offer bait to, persuade, prevail,
     prompt, pucker, pucker up, pull back, pull in, pull out, purse,
     reduce, reel, reel in, restrict, retract, rope in, seduce, shorten,
     shrink, shy, slurp, snape, sniff, sniffle, snuff, snuff in,
     snuffle, solidify, straiten, strangle, strangulate, suck, suck in,
     suck into, suckle, tackle, talk into, tangle, taper, tauten,
     tighten, trim, win over, wince, winch, wind in, windlass, withdraw,
     woo, wrinkle
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  收(网)

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     吸入,吸进

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