Pull inward or towards a center.

synonym: retract.

Roget 195: become small, become smaller; lessen, decrease etc. 36; grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb; decay etc. (deteriorate) 659.    be smaller than, fall short of; not come up to etc. (be inferior) 34.    render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate^†; boil down; constrict, constringe^†; condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf^†; shorten etc. 201; circumscribe etc. 229; restrain etc. 751.    [reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ] (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.    ... show more

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.

synonyms: attract, draw, pull, pull in.

Dutch: intrekken

Shape one's body into a curl.

synonyms: curl, curl up.

Dutch: krullen, omkrullen

Advance or converge on.

synonym: close in.

Of trains; move into (a station).

synonyms: get in, move in, pull in.

Dutch: opstappen

Draw in as if by suction.

synonym: suck in.

Roget 296: give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate^†; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink etc. (food) 298.    ... show more