draw

Meanings

• a gully that is shallower than a ravine
• an entertainer who attracts large audiences
  • "he was the biggest drawing card they had"
• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
  • "the game ended in a draw"
• anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
  • "the luck of the draw"
• a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
  • "he got a pair of kings in the draw"
• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
• (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
• poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
  • "he played only draw and stud"
• the act of drawing or hauling something
• cause to move by pulling
  • "draw a wagon"
• get or derive
• make a mark or lines on a surface
  • "draw a line"
• make, formulate, or derive in the mind
  • "I draw a line here"
  • "draw a conclusion"
  • "draw parallels"
• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
  • "draw a weapon"
• represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
  • "Draw me a horse"
• take liquid out of a container or well
• give a description of
• select or take in from a given group or region
  • "The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population"
• elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
• suck in or take (air)
  • "draw a deep breath"
  • "draw on a cigarette"
• move or go steadily or gradually
• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
• choose at random
  • "draw a card"
• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
• 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"
• cause to flow
• write a legal document or paper
  • "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"
• engage in drawing
  • "He spent the day drawing in the garden"
• move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
  • "draw the shades"
  • "draw the curtains"
• allow a draft
  • "This chimney draws very well"
• require a specified depth for floating
  • "This boat draws 70 inches"
• 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"
• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
• take in, also metaphorically
• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
• thread on or as if on a string
• stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
  • "The archers were drawing their bows"
• pass over, across, or through
• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
• contract
• reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
  • "draw wire"
• steep; pass through a strainer
  • "draw pulp from the fruit"
• remove the entrails of
  • "draw a chicken"
• flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
  • "draw steel"
• cause to localize at one point
  • "Draw blood and pus"

Synonyms

absorb, attract, attracter, attraction, attractor, cast, delineate, depict, describe, disembowel, drag, draw and quarter, draw in, draw off, draw play, draw poker, drawing card, eviscerate, force, get, get out, guide, haul, haulage, hook, hooking, imbibe, line, lot, make, pass, puff, pull, pull back, pull in, pull out, quarter, reap, run, soak up, sop up, standoff, string, suck, suck up, take in, take out, take up, thread, tie, trace, withdraw