transitive verb drew, drawn, drawing draw′·ing

1. to make move toward one or along with one by or as by exerting force; pull; haul; drag a horse draws the cart
   1. to pull up (a sail, drawbridge, etc.)
   2. to pull down (a window shade, etc.)
   3. to pull in (a dragnet, etc.)
   4. to pull aside or together (a curtain, etc.)
   5. to pull across, as a violin bow over strings
   to pull back the bowstring of (an archer's bow) to need (a specified depth of water) to float in: said of a shipBilliards to cause (the cue ball) to reverse direction after it hits an object ball, by imparting backspin to itCricket to deflect (the ball) to the side of the field on which the batsman stands, by a slight turn of the batGolf to deliberately cause (a ball) to hook slightly
2. 1. to attract; charm; entice
   2. to attract (audiences of a specified size or kind)
   to take (air, smoke, etc.) into the mouth or lungs; breathe in, inhale, etc. to provoke (a person) into speaking, responding, taking action, etc.: usually in the passive to bring forth; elicit his challenge drew no reply to bring about as a result; bring on; provoke to draw the enemy's fireMed. to cause a flow of (blood, pus, etc.) to some part
3. to pull out; take out; remove; extract, as a tooth, cork, weapon, etc.
   1. to remove (a liquid, etc.) by sucking, draining, distilling, seeping, etc.
   2. to bring up, as water from a well
   3. to cause (liquid) to flow from an opening, tap, etc. to draw a bath, to draw blood
   to take out the viscera of; disembowel to get or receive from some source to draw a good salary to withdraw (money) held in an account to have accruing to it savings that draw interest to write (a check or draft) to reach (a conclusion or inference); deduce to get or pick (a number, straw, prize, etc.) at random, as in a lottery to bring (a contest or game) to a tieCard Games
   1. to take or get (a card or cards)
   2. to cause (a card or cards) to be played out draw your opponent's trump
4. to pull out to its fullest extent; make tense; stretch; extend to draw a rope tight to pull out of shape; distort to stretch, flatten, or shape (metal) by die stamping, hammering, etc. to make metal into (wire) by pulling it through holes
5. to make (lines, figures, pictures, etc.), as with a pencil, pen, brush, or stylus; diagram to describe in words to make (comparisons, etc.); formulate

Etymology: ME drawen < OE dragan, akin to ON draga, to drag, Ger tragen, to bear, carry < IE base *dherāgh-, to pull, draw along > L trahere, to pull, draw

intransitive verb

1. to draw something (in various senses of the vt.)
2. to be drawn or have a drawing effect
3. to come; move; approach to draw nearer
4. to shrink or contract
5. to allow a draft of air, smoke, etc. to move through the chimney draws well
6. to suck (on a tobacco pipe, etc.)
7. to attract audiences
8. to become filled with wind: said of sails
9. to steep: said of tea
10. to make a demand or demands (on or upon)
11. Hunting
    1. to track game by following its scent
    2. to move slowly toward the game after pointing: said of hounds

noun

1. a drawing or being drawn (in various senses)
2. the result of drawing
3. a thing drawn
4. the cards dealt as replacements in draw poker

5. Etymology: from, formerly, the withdrawal of stakes in such a case

   a tie; stalemate the game ended in a draw
6. a thing that attracts interest, audiences, etc.
7. ☆ the movable part of a drawbridge
8. a shallow gully or ravine, as one that water drains into or through
9. ☆ Football a play in which the quarterback moves back to pass and then quickly gives the ball to a running back or quickly reverses direction and runs with the ball