What does draw mean?
Definitions for draw
drɔdraw
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word draw.
Princeton's WordNet
drawnoun
a gully that is shallower than a ravine
drawing card, draw, attraction, attractor, attracternoun
an entertainer who attracts large audiences
"he was the biggest drawing card they had"
draw, standoff, tienoun
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"
draw, lotnoun
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
"the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
drawnoun
a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
"he got a pair of kings in the draw"
hook, draw, hookingnoun
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
"he took lessons to cure his hooking"
draw, draw playnoun
(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
draw, draw pokernoun
poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
"he played only draw and stud"
draw, haul, haulageverb
the act of drawing or hauling something
"the haul up the hill went very slowly"
pull, draw, forceverb
cause to move by pulling
"draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
reap, drawverb
get or derive
"He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
trace, draw, line, describe, delineateverb
make a mark or lines on a surface
"draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
draw, makeverb
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?"
draw, pull, pull out, get out, take outverb
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"
drawverb
represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
"She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
draw, take outverb
take liquid out of a container or well
"She drew water from the barrel"
describe, depict, drawverb
give a description of
"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
drawverb
select or take in from a given group or region
"The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population"
drawverb
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"
puff, drag, drawverb
suck in or take (air)
"draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
drawverb
move or go steadily or gradually
"The ship drew near the shore"
withdraw, draw, take out, draw offverb
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"
draw, castverb
choose at random
"draw a card"; "cast lots"
draw, getverb
earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
"He drew a base on balls"
drawverb
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"
drawverb
cause to flow
"The nurse drew blood"
drawverb
write a legal document or paper
"The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"
drawverb
engage in drawing
"He spent the day drawing in the garden"
drawverb
move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
"draw the shades"; "draw the curtains"
drawverb
allow a draft
"This chimney draws very well"
drawverb
require a specified depth for floating
"This boat draws 70 inches"
draw, quarter, draw and quarterverb
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"
pull, drawverb
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"
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take upverb
take in, also metaphorically
"The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw inverb
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"
string, thread, drawverb
thread on or as if on a string
"string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
pull back, drawverb
stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
"The archers were drawing their bows"
guide, run, draw, passverb
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"
tie, drawverb
finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
"The teams drew a tie"
drawverb
contract
"The material drew after it was washed in hot water"
drawverb
reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
"draw wire"
drawverb
steep; pass through a strainer
"draw pulp from the fruit"
disembowel, eviscerate, drawverb
remove the entrails of
"draw a chicken"
drawverb
flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
"draw steel"
drawverb
cause to localize at one point
"Draw blood and pus"
GCIDE
drawverb
To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn.
Drawnoun
the act of drawing a lot or chance.
Wiktionary
drawnoun
The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
The game ended in a draw.
drawnoun
The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
The draw is on Saturday.
drawnoun
The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out. Different from a tie.
drawnoun
A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade
drawnoun
A shot that lands in play without hitting another stone out, as opposed to a takeout shot.
drawnoun
A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
drawnoun
Cannabis.
drawnoun
In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
drawnoun
A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
drawverb
To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
drawverb
To drag, pull.
drawverb
To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
drawverb
To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood, as in get water from a well, to run water for a bath, take a blood sample, or cause to bleed (the wound drew blood).
drawverb
To attract.
drawverb
To deduce or infer.
He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.
drawverb
(usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem
drawverb
To disembowel.
He will be hanged, drawn and quartered.
drawverb
To pull back the arrow in preparation for shooting.
drawnoun
The schedule of games in a sports league - NRL Fixtures - 2011 NRL Draw
drawverb
(of curtains, etc.) To close.
You should draw the curtains at night.
drawverb
(of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.
Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for three minutes before pouring.
drawverb
To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
Both these teams will draw if nobody scores soon.
drawverb
To consume, for example, power.
The circuit draws three hundred watts.
drawverb
To determine the result of a lottery.
The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.
drawverb
To take the top card of a deck into hand.
At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.
drawverb
To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.
Jill has four diamonds; she'll try to draw for a flush.
drawverb
inhale
drawverb
to cause
Etymology: drawen, dragen, from dragan, from draganan (cf. West Frisian drage, Dutch dragen, German tragen ‘to carry’), from dʰreĝ- 'to draw, pull' (compare Albanian dredh ‘to turn, spin’, Old Armenian դառնամ, Sanskrit ‘load’).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Drawnoun
Etymology: from the verb.
To DRAWverb
pret. drew; part. pass. drawn.
Etymology: dragan , Saxon.
Then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river. 2 Sa. xvii. 13.
He could not draw the dagger out of his belly. Judg. ii. 22.
The arrow is now drawn to the head. Francis Atterbury.
Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment-seats? Ja. ii. 6.
They drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon. Jer. xxxviii. 13.
Draw the water for the siege. Nath. iii. 14.
He hath drawn thee dry. Ecclus. xiii. 7.
There was no war, no dearth, no stop of trade or commerce; it was only the crown which had sucked too hard, and now being full, upon the head of a young king, was like to draw less. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can be generated. Richard Wiseman, on Tumours.
We see that salt, laid to a cut finger, healeth it; so as it seemeth salt draweth blood, as well as blood draweth salt. Francis Bacon.
Majesty in an eclipse, like the sun, draws eyes, that would not have looked towards it, if it had shined out. John Suckling.
He affected a habit different from that of the times, such as men had only beheld in pictures, which drew the eyes of most, and the reverence of many towards him. Edward Hyde.
All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart;
Of your own pomp yourself the greatest part. Dryden.Thus I call’d, and stray’d I know not whither,
From where I first drew air, and first beheld
This happy light. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii. l. 284.While near the Lucrine lake, consum’d to death,
I draw the sultry air, and gasp for breath,
You taste the cooling breeze. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.Why drew Marseille’s good bishop purer breath,
When nature sicken’d, and each gale was death? Alexander Pope.They drew out the staves of the ark. 2 Chron. v. 2.
The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees
Are left this vault to brag of. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.We will our youth lead on to higher fields,
And draw no swords but what are sanctify’d. William Shakespeare, H. IV.I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them. Ex. xv.
He proceeded so far in his insolence as to draw out his sword, with an intent to kill him. John Dryden, Conq. of Granada.
In all your wars good fortune blew before you,
’Till in my fatal cause your sword was drawn;
The weight of my misfortunes dragg’d you down. Dryden.Some blood drawn on me would beget opinion
Of my more fierce endeavour. William Shakespeare, King Lear.I opened the tumour by the point of a lancet, without drawing one drop of blood. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
The joyner puts boards into ovens after the batch is drawn. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover
The sev’ral caskets to this noble prince. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Ven.Alarm’d, and with presaging heart he came,
And drew the curtains, and expos’d the dame
To lothsome light. John Dryden, Sigism. and Guiscar.Shouts, cries, and groans first pierce my ears, and then
A flash of lightning draws the guilty scene,
And shows new arms, and wounds, and dying men. Dryden.Philoclea earnestly again intreated Pamela to open her grief, who, drawing the curtain, that the candle might not complain of her blushing, was ready to speak. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves. George Cheyne.
When he finds the hardship of slavery outweigh the value of life, ’tis in his power, by resisting his master, to draw on himself death. John Locke.
Have they invented tones to win
The women, and make them draw in
The men, as Indians with a female
Tame elephant inveigle the male? Hudibras, p. i. cant. 2.Religion will requite all the honour we can do it, by the blessings it will draw down upon us. John Tillotson.
Our voluntary actions are the precedent causes of good and evil, which they draw after them, and bring upon us. John Locke.
What would a man value acres of excellent land, ready cultivated, and well stocked too with cattle, where he had no hopes of commerce with other parts of the world to draw money to him, by the sale of the product of the island. John Locke.
Those elucidations have given rise or increase to his doubts, and drawn obscurity upon places of scripture. John Locke.
His sword ne’er fell but on the guilty head;
Oppression, tyranny, and pow’r usurp’d,
Draw all the vengeance of his arm upon ’em. Joseph Addison, Cato.The liers in wait draw themselves along. Judg. xx. 37.
In process of time, and as their people increased, they drew themselves more westerly towards the Red sea. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.
Do you note
How much her grace is alter’d on the sudden?
How long her face is drawn? how pale she looks,
And of an earthly cold? Observe her eyes! William Shakespeare, H. VIII.If we shall meet again with more delight,
Then draw my life in length; let me sustain,
In hopes of his embrace, the worst of pain. John Dryden, Æn.In some similes men draw their comparisons into minute particulars of no importance. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.
The brand amid’ the flaming fuel thrown,
Or drew, or seem’d to draw, a dying groan. John Dryden, Fables.I do arm myself
To welcome the condition of the time;
Which cannot look more hideously on me,
Than I have drawn it in my fantasy. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.With his other hand, thus o’er his brow,
He falls to such perusal of my face,
As he would draw it. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.Draw the whole world expecting who should reign,
After this combat, o’er the conquer’d main. Edmund Waller.From the soft assaults of love
Poets and painters never are secure:
Can I, untouch’d, the fair one’s passions move,
Or thou draw beauty, and not feel its pow’r? Matthew Prior.The emperor one day took up a pencil which fell from the hand of Titian, who was then drawing his picture; and upon the compliment which Titian made him on that occasion, he said, Titian deserves to be served by Cæsar. John Dryden, Dufres.
Shall freeborn men, in humble awe,
Submit to servile shame;
Who from consent and custom draw
The same right to be rul’d by law,
Which kings pretend to reign? Dryden.Several wits entered into commerce with the Egyptians, and from them drew the rudiments of sciences. William Temple.
From the events and revolutions of these governments are drawn the usual instruction of princes and statesmen. William Temple.
What shews the force of the inference but a view of all the intermediate ideas that draw in the conclusion, or proposition inferred. John Locke.
I’ll raise such artificial sprights,
As, by the strength of their illusion,
Shall draw him on to his confusion. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.We have drawn them from the city. Jos. viii. 6.
Draw me not away with the wicked. Ps. xxviii. 3.
Having the art, by empty promises and threats, to draw others to his purpose. John Hayward.
The Spaniards, that were in the town, had so good memories of their losses in their former sallies, as the confidence of an army, which came for their deliverance, could not draw them forth again. Francis Bacon, War with Spain.
Your way is shorter;
My purposes do draw me much about. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleop.Æneas wond’ring stood, then asked the cause
Which to the stream the crowding people draws. Dryden.The poet
Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods;
Since nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage,
But musick, for the time, doth change his nature. William Shakespeare.The English lords, to strengthen their parties, did ally themselves with the Irish, and drew them in to dwell among them, and gave their children to be fostered by them. Davies.
Their beauty or unbecomingness are of more force to draw or deter their imitation than discourses. John Locke.
This seems a fair deserving, and must draw me
That which my father loses. William Shakespeare, King Lear.For thy three thousand ducats here is six.
—— If every ducat in six thousand ducats
Were in six parts, and every part a ducat,
I would not draw them, I would have my bond. William Shakespeare.So sad an object, and so well express’d,
Drew sighs and groans from the griev’d hero’s breast. Dryd.Can you e’er forget
The fond embraces, and repeated blessings,
Which you drew from him in your last farewel? Joseph Addison, Cato.I wish that both you and others would cease from drawing the Scriptures to your fantasies and affections. John Whitgift.
In the mean time I will draw a bill of properties, such as our play wants. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Clerk, draw a deed of gift. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.
The report is not unartfully drawn, in the spirit of a pleader, who can find the most plausible topicks. Jonathan Swift.
Shall Ward draw contracts with a statesman’s skill? Alexander Pope.
Go, wash thy face, and draw thy action: come, thou must not be in this humour with me. William Shakespeare.
In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe,
And from your eels their slimy substance wipe. William King, Cook.A dispute, where every little straw is laid hold on, and every thing that can but be drawn in any way, to give colour to the argument, is advanced with ostentation. John Locke.
Now, sporting muse, draw in the flowing reins;
Leave the clear streams awhile for sunny plains. John Gay.It was the prostitute faith of faithless miscreants that drew them in, and deceived them. Robert South, Sermons.
Authors, who have thus drawn off the spirits of their thoughts, should lie still for some time, ’till their minds have gathered fresh strength, and by reading, reflection, and conversation, laid in a new stock of elegancies, sentiments, and images of nature. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 40.
Stop your vessel, and have a little vent-hole stopped with a spill, which never allow to be pulled out 'till you draw off a great quantity. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
It draws mens minds off from the bitterness of party. Add.
Under colour of war, which either his negligence draws on, or his practices procured, he levied a subsidy. John Hayward.
The examination of the subtile matter would draw on the consideration of the nice controversies that perplex philo- sophers. Robert Boyle, on Fluids.
I took rectified oil of vitriol, and by degrees mixed with it essential oil of wormwood, drawn over with water in a limbeck. Robert Boyle, on Colours.
Some might be brought into his interests by money, others drawn over by fear. Joseph Addison, on the State of the War.
One of differing sentiments would have drawn Luther over to his party. Francis Atterbury.
He must not only die the death,
But thy unkindness shall his death draw out
To ling'ring sufferance. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.Virgil has drawn out the rules of tillage and planting into two books, which Hesiod has dispatched in half a one. Addis.
Philoclea found her, and, to draw out more, said she, I have often wondered how such excellencies could be. Philip Sidney.
Draw out a file, pick man by man,
Such who dare die, and dear will sell their death. Dryden.Th' Arcadian king
And Trojan youth the same oblations bring:
Next of his men, and ships, he makes review,
Draws out the best and ablest of the crew. John Dryden, Æn.Let him desire his superior officer, that the next time he is drawn out the challenger may be posted near him. Collier.
The lord Bernard, with the king's troops, seeing there was no enemy left on that side, drew up in a large field opposite to the bridge. Clarendon, b. viii.
So Muley-Zeydan found us
Drawn up in battle to receive the charge. John Dryden, Don Sebast.To make a sketch, or a more perfect model of a picture, is, in the language of poets, to draw up the scenary of a play. Dry.
A paper might be drawn up, and signed by two or three hundred principal gentlemen. Jonathan Swift.
To Drawverb
An heifer which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke. Deutr. xxi. 3.
Think every bearded fellow, that’s but yok’d,
May draw with you. William Shakespeare, Othello.They should keep a watch upon the particular bias in their minds, that it may not draw too much. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
I have not yet found certainly, that the water itself, by mixture of ashes, or dust, will shrink or draw into less room. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 34.
Draw ye near hither all the chief of the people. 1 Sa. xiv.
He ended; and th’ archangel soon drew nigh,
Not in his shape celestial, but as man
Clad to meet man. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi. l. 238.Ambitious meteors! how willing they are to set themselves upon the wing, taking every occasion of drawing upward to the sun. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.
Now nearer to the Stygian lake they draw,
Whom from the shore the surly boatman saw,
Observ’d their passage through the shady wood,
And mark’d their near approaches to the flood. Dryden.And now I faint with grief; my fate draws nigh:
In all the pride of blooming youth I die. Joseph Addison, Ovid.For his sake
Did I expose myself, pure; for his love
Drew to defend him, when he was beset. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.So much insight into perspective, and skill in drawing, as will enable him to represent tolerably on paper any thing he sees, should be got. John Locke.
He has drawn a black, and smiles. Dryden.
They returned to the camp where the king was, and the Scots drew a little back to a more convenient post for their residence. Edward Hyde, b. ii.
When the engagement proves unlucky, the way is to draw off by degrees, and not to come to an open rupture. Collier.
The fatal day draws on, when I must fall. Dryden.
ChatGPT
Draw
Draw can have multiple meanings depending on the context. As a verb, it means to make marks or lines on a surface using a pen, pencil, or other writing tool. It is often associated with creating artwork or illustrations. Draw can also mean to pull something towards oneself by applying force, like pulling a door closed or opening a curtain. In sports and games, draw refers to a result in which neither team or player wins. It can also refer to the act of selecting or choosing at random, as in a lottery or raffle. Draw can be used as a noun as well. It refers to an act of creating a picture or illustration using lines and marks. It can also represent a tie or stalemate in a game or competition. In summary, draw can refer to the act of creating marks or lines, pulling something towards oneself, a result where neither side wins, or an act of selection by chance.
Webster Dictionary
Drawverb
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
Drawverb
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
Drawverb
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
Drawverb
to pull from a sheath, as a sword
Drawverb
to extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive
Drawverb
to obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive
Drawverb
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
Drawverb
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
Drawverb
to select by the drawing of lots
Drawverb
to remove the contents of
Drawverb
to drain by emptying; to suck dry
Drawverb
to extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal
Drawverb
to take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave
Drawverb
to extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire
Drawverb
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
Drawverb
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
Drawverb
to write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange
Drawverb
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
Drawverb
to withdraw
Drawverb
to trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term
Drawverb
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
Drawverb
to draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well
Drawverb
to exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement
Drawverb
to have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc
Drawverb
to have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc
Drawverb
to unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword
Drawverb
to perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures
Drawverb
to become contracted; to shrink
Drawverb
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
Drawverb
to make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon
Drawverb
to admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily
Drawverb
to sink in water; to require a depth for floating
Drawnoun
the act of drawing; draught
Drawnoun
a lot or chance to be drawn
Drawnoun
a drawn game or battle, etc
Drawnoun
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
Etymology: [OE. draen, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. 73. Cf. 2d Drag, Dray a cart, 1st Dredge.]
Wikidata
Draw
A poker player is drawing if they have a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. The hand itself is called a draw or drawing hand. For example, in seven-card stud, if four of a player's first five cards are all spades, but the hand is otherwise weak, they are drawing to a flush. In contrast, a made hand already has value and does not necessarily need to draw to win. A made starting hand with no help can lose to an inferior starting hand with a favorable draw. If an opponent has a made hand that will beat the player's draw, then the player is drawing dead; even if they make their desired hand, they will lose. Not only draws benefit from additional cards; many made hands can be improved by catching an out — and may have to in order to win.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Draw
draw, v.t. to pull along: to bring forcibly towards one: to entice, attract: to coax into giving information: to make one express himself (also to Draw out a man): to inhale: to take out: to evoke or bring out by some artifice: to extract by pulling: to cast lots: to extract the essence of: to eviscerate (hang, draw, and quarter): to manufacture (wire) by drawing through a small hole: to deduce: to lengthen: to extend to the full length (as in drawing a bow): to force to appear (as a badger from its hole): to receive (as revenues): to demand money by a draft: to make a picture of, by lines drawn: to describe: to require a depth of water for floating.—v.i. to pull: to practise drawing: to move: to approach: to have a free current (of a chimney):—pa.t. drew (drōō); pa.p. drawn.—n. the act of drawing: anything drawn: a drawn or undecided game.—adj. Draw′able.—ns. Draw′back, a disadvantage: a receiving back some part of the duty on goods on their exportation; Draw′-bar (same as Drag-bar); Draw′-boy, the boy who pulls the cords of the harness in figure-weaving, a mechanical device for this purpose; Draw′bridge, a bridge that can be drawn up or let down at pleasure; Drawēē′, the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn; Draw′er, he or that which draws: one who draws beer or fetches liquor in a tavern: a thing drawn out, like the sliding box in a case: (pl.) a close under-garment for the lower limbs; Draw′-gear, the apparatus by which railway-cars are coupled; Draw′ing, the art of representing objects by lines drawn, shading, &c.: a picture: the distribution of prizes, as at a lottery; Draw′ing-board; Draw′ing-frame, a machine in which carded wool, cotton, or the like is drawn out fine; Draw′ing-knife, a knife with a handle at each end, used by coopers for shaving hoops by drawing it towards one; Draw′ing-mas′ter; Draw′ing-pā′per; Draw′ing-pen; Draw′ing-pen′cil; Draw′ing-room, in engineering, a room where plans and patterns are drawn; Draw′ing-tā′ble, a table which can be extended in length by drawing out sliding leaves; Draw′-net (same as Drag-net); Draw′-plate, a plate of steel or ruby with a hole drilled in it through which wire, tubing, or the like is drawn to make it more slender; Draw′-well, a well from which water is drawn up by a bucket and apparatus.—Draw a bead on (see Bead); Draw a blank (see Blank); Draw a cover, to send the hounds into a cover to frighten out a fox; Draw blank, to do so, but find no fox; Draw back, to retire: to withdraw from an engagement; Draw cuts, to cast lots; Draw in, to reduce, contract: to become shorter; Draw it fine, to be too precise; Draw it mild, to state a thing without exaggeration; Draw near, to approach; Draw off, to take wine, ale, &c. out of a barrel: to retire; Draw on, to approach (of a fixed date); Draw on one's imagination, to make imaginative or lying statements; Draw on one's memory, to try to remember; Draw out, to leave the place (of an army), &c.; Draw over, to persuade to desert to the other side; Draw rein, to slacken speed, to stop; Draw the line, to fix a limit; Draw up, to form in regular order: to arrange or to be arranged (as troops): to compose (as a protest, &c.): to stop (as in driving a carriage).—In drawing, correctly drawn; Out of drawing, inaccurately drawn, or drawn in violation of the principles of drawing. [A later form of Drag.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
draw
A sail draws when it is filled by the wind. A ship draws so many feet of water.--To let draw a jib is to cease from flattening-in the sheet.--Draw is also a term for halliards in some of the northern fishing-boats.--To draw. To procure anything by official demand from a dockyard, arsenal, or magazine.--To draw up the courses. To take in.--To draw upon a ship is to gain upon a vessel when in pursuit of her.
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The numerical value of draw in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of draw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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The latter situation would draw a lot of questions because it would imply a greater role for the military on the Mexican border than is currently authorized.
It is disturbing enough that some sick individual would attempt to burn a house of worship to the ground, but referencing the slayings in New Zealand is beyond the pale, while the majority of humanity has responded to the tragedy to draw closer to one another and refute hatred, a violent and hate-filled minority seeks further divisions. We are grateful that someone was inside the mosque and was able to act quickly to put the fire out. We ask anyone with information to come forward and contact the Escondido Police Department. We stand in solidarity with our community members who attend the Islamic Center of Escondido.
The irony is that I met Martin Bashir on the 31 of August 1995, because exactly two years later she died. And I do draw a line between the two events, it's quite clear from the introduction that I sat in on, on the 19th of September 1995, everyone was going to be made untrustworthy. And I think that Diana did lose trust in really key people.
There are millions [of people] living with different types of dementia, and they still have life left in them and the ability to connect with people they love, when I met Julie and her mother and her sisters, I was blown away by their strength and their ability to use the experience to draw them closer.
Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief.
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