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Definitions of 'Draw' Wordnet 

1. (noun) draw
a gully that is shallower than a ravine

2. (noun) drawing card, draw, attraction, attractor, attracter
an entertainer who attracts large audiences
"he was the biggest drawing card they had"

3. (noun) draw, standoff, tie
the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
"the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie"

4. (noun) draw, lot
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
"the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"

5. (noun) draw
a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
"he got a pair of kings in the draw"

6. (noun) hook, draw, hooking
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
"he took lessons to cure his hooking"

7. (noun) draw, draw play
(American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage

8. (noun) draw, draw poker
poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
"he played only draw and stud"

9. (verb) draw, haul, haulage
the act of drawing or hauling something
"the haul up the hill went very slowly"

10. (verb) pull, draw, force
cause to move by pulling
"draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

11. (verb) reap, draw
get or derive
"He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

12. (verb) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
make a mark or lines on a surface
"draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

13. (verb) draw, make
make, formulate, or derive in the mind
"I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"

14. (verb) draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
"draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"

15. (verb) draw
represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
"She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

16. (verb) draw, take out
take liquid out of a container or well
"She drew water from the barrel"

17. (verb) describe, depict, draw
give a description of
"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

18. (verb) draw
select or take in from a given group or region
"The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population"

19. (verb) draw
elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
"The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"

20. (verb) puff, drag, draw
suck in or take (air)
"draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"

21. (verb) draw
move or go steadily or gradually
"The ship drew near the shore"

22. (verb) withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
"She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

23. (verb) draw, cast
choose at random
"draw a card"; "cast lots"

24. (verb) draw, get
earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
"He drew a base on balls"

25. (verb) draw
bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
"She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close"

26. (verb) draw
cause to flow
"The nurse drew blood"

27. (verb) draw
write a legal document or paper
"The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"

28. (verb) draw
engage in drawing
"He spent the day drawing in the garden"

29. (verb) draw
move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
"draw the shades"; "draw the curtains"

30. (verb) draw
allow a draft
"This chimney draws very well"

31. (verb) draw
require a specified depth for floating
"This boat draws 70 inches"

32. (verb) draw, quarter, draw and quarter
pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"

33. (verb) pull, draw
cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
"A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"

34. (verb) absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
take in, also metaphorically
"The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

35. (verb) attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw 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"

36. (verb) string, thread, draw
thread on or as if on a string
"string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"

37. (verb) pull back, draw
stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
"The archers were drawing their bows"

38. (verb) guide, run, draw, pass
pass over, across, or through
"He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"

39. (verb) tie, draw
finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
"The teams drew a tie"

40. (verb) draw
contract
"The material drew after it was washed in hot water"

41. (verb) draw
reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
"draw wire"

42. (verb) draw
steep; pass through a strainer
"draw pulp from the fruit"

43. (verb) disembowel, eviscerate, draw
remove the entrails of
"draw a chicken"

44. (verb) draw
flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
"draw steel"

45. (verb) draw
cause to localize at one point
"Draw blood and pus"


Definitions of 'Draw' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) Draw
the act of drawing; draught

2. (noun) Draw
a lot or chance to be drawn

3. (noun) Draw
a drawn game or battle, etc

4. (noun) Draw
that part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge

5. (verb) Draw
to cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow

6. (verb) Draw
to influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce

7. (verb) Draw
to cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc

8. (verb) Draw
to pull from a sheath, as a sword

9. (verb) Draw
to extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive

10. (verb) Draw
to obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive

11. (verb) Draw
to take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank

12. (verb) Draw
to take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize

13. (verb) Draw
to select by the drawing of lots

14. (verb) Draw
to remove the contents of

15. (verb) Draw
to drain by emptying; to suck dry

16. (verb) Draw
to extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal

17. (verb) Draw
to take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave

18. (verb) Draw
to extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire

19. (verb) Draw
to run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture

20. (verb) Draw
to represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe

21. (verb) Draw
to write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange

22. (verb) Draw
to require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water

23. (verb) Draw
to withdraw

24. (verb) Draw
to trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term

25. (verb) Draw
to pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well

26. (verb) Draw
to draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well

27. (verb) Draw
to exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement

28. (verb) Draw
to have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc

29. (verb) Draw
to have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc

30. (verb) Draw
to unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword

31. (verb) Draw
to perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures

32. (verb) Draw
to become contracted; to shrink

33. (verb) Draw
to move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect

34. (verb) Draw
to make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon

35. (verb) Draw
to admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily

36. (verb) Draw
to sink in water; to require a depth for floating


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