attract

About 10.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To pull toward without touching.

   A magnet attracts iron filings.

2. verb To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.

   to attract admirers

3. verb To incur.

   Using the minibar in a hotel room attracts additional charges.

Similar words

draw in pull pull in fetch appeal draw attraction attractive entice tempt

Often followed by

the attention a and more new foreign them each

Word family

attracted attracting attractor attractors attracts