| attract | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in | 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" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ tug | pull hard.; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings" |
| ~ arrest, catch, get | attract and fix.; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" |
| ~ draw in, retract | pull inward or towards a center.; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" |
| ~ draw in, retract | pull inward or towards a center.; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" |
| ~ bring | attract the attention of.; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious" |
| ~ curl up, curl, draw in | shape one's body into a curl.; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. appeal, attract | be attractive to.; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" |
| ~ bewitch, captivate, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, trance, becharm, beguile, capture, enchant, fascinate, catch | attract; cause to be enamored.; "She captured all the men's hearts" |
| ~ beckon | appear inviting.; "The shop window decorations beckoned" |
| v. (contact) | 3. attract | exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.; "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies" |
| ~ pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" |
| defeated | | |
| n. (group) | 1. defeated, discomfited | people who are defeated.; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| adj. | 2. defeated | beaten or overcome; not victorious.; "the defeated enemy" |
| ~ licked | having been got the better of.; "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet" |
| ~ subjugated | reduced to submission.; "subjugated peoples" |
| ~ unsuccessful | not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome. |
| adj. | 3. defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted | disappointingly unsuccessful.; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" |
| ~ unsuccessful | not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome. |
| hostage | | |
| n. (person) | 1. hostage, surety | a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms. |
| ~ captive, prisoner | a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war. |
| quarry | | |
| n. (person) | 1. fair game, prey, quarry, target | a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence.; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" |
| ~ victim | an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. pit, quarry, stone pit | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" |
| ~ chalk pit, chalkpit | a quarry for chalk. |
| ~ excavation | a hole in the ground made by excavating. |
| ~ gravel pit | a quarry for gravel. |
| n. (animal) | 3. prey, quarry | animal hunted or caught for food. |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| v. (consumption) | 4. quarry | extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry.; "quarry marble" |
| ~ quarrying | the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry. |
| ~ exploit, tap | draw from; make good use of.; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely" |
| ~ cut into, delve, dig, turn over | turn up, loosen, or remove earth.; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" |
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