draw
draw (drô)
transitive verb drew, drawn, drawing draw′·ing
- to make move toward one or along with one by or as by exerting force; pull; haul; drag a horse draws the cart
- to pull up (a sail, drawbridge, etc.)
- to pull down (a window shade, etc.)
- to pull in (a dragnet, etc.)
- to pull aside or together (a curtain, etc.)
- to pull across, as a violin bow over strings
- to attract; charm; entice
- to attract (audiences of a specified size or kind)
- to pull out; take out; remove; extract, as a tooth, cork, weapon, etc.
- to remove (a liquid, etc.) by sucking, draining, distilling, seeping, etc.
- to bring up, as water from a well
- to cause (liquid) to flow from an opening, tap, etc. to draw a bath, to draw blood
- to take or get (a card or cards)
- to cause (a card or cards) to be played out draw your opponent's trump
- 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
- 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
- to draw something (in various senses of the vt.)
- to be drawn or have a drawing effect
- to come; move; approach to draw nearer
- to shrink or contract
- to allow a draft of air, smoke, etc. to move through the chimney draws well
- to suck (on a tobacco pipe, etc.)
- to attract audiences
- to become filled with wind: said of sails
- to steep: said of tea
- to make a demand or demands (on or upon)
- Hunting
- to track game by following its scent
- to move slowly toward the game after pointing: said of hounds
noun
- a drawing or being drawn (in various senses)
- the result of drawing
- a thing drawn
- the cards dealt as replacements in draw poker
Etymology: from, formerly, the withdrawal of stakes in such a case
a tie; stalemate the game ended in a draw- a thing that attracts interest, audiences, etc.
- ☆ the movable part of a drawbridge
- a shallow gully or ravine, as one that water drains into or through
- ☆ 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
beat to the draw
☆draw and quarter
Medieval History- to execute by tying each arm and leg to a different horse, and then driving the horses in four different directions
- to eviscerate and cut into pieces after hanging
draw away
draw back
draw oneself up
- to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
- to bridle
draw out
- to extend; lengthen; prolong
- to take out; extract
- to get (a person) to answer or talk
draw up
- to arrange in order; marshal
- to compose (a document) in proper form; draft
- to bring or come to a stop
- to raise one's shoulders and pull one's limbs close to the body; huddle
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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