attract
/əˈtrækt/
verb
- To cause someone or something to come closer or be interested, often by being appealing or interesting.
- The museum's new exhibit is attracting large crowds every weekend.
- Her friendly smile attracts people wherever she goes.
- The bright colors of the flowers attract bees and butterflies.
- To pull something toward itself by a physical force, such as magnetism or gravity.
- The planet's gravity attracts objects in space toward its surface.
- A magnet can attract iron and steel objects.
- Opposite electrical charges attract each other.
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