attract
verbEtymology
From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”).
- derived from attractus
Definitions
To pull toward without touching.
- A magnet attracts iron filings.
- All bodies, and all the parts of bodies, mutually attract themselves, and one another.
- The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence
To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
- to attract admirers
- Advertising is designed to attract customers.
- His big smile and brown eyes instantly attracted me.
To incur.
- Using the minibar in a hotel room attracts additional charges.
The neighborhood
- synonymallure
- synonymattract
- synonymdraw
- antonymrepel
- antonymchase
- neighborattraction
- neighborattractive
- neighborattractor
- neighboranimate
- neighborimpel
- neighborpull
Derived
attractability, attractable, attractancy, attract attention, attractee, attracticide, attractile, attractin, attractingly, attract mode, attract screen, chemoattract, counterattract, minor-attracted person, nonattracting, opposites attract, reattract, unattracting, you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at attract. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at attract. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at attract
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA