drew

Meanings

• United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
• cause to move by pulling
• get or derive
  • "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
• make a mark or lines on a surface
• make, formulate, or derive in the mind
• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
• represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
  • "She drew an elephant"
• take liquid out of a container or well
  • "She drew water from the barrel"
• give a description of
  • "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
• select or take in from a given group or region
• 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"
• suck in or take (air)
• move or go steadily or gradually
  • "The ship drew near the shore"
• 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"
• choose at random
• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
  • "He drew a base on balls"
• bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
• cause to flow
  • "The nurse drew blood"
• write a legal document or paper
• engage in drawing
• move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
• allow a draft
• require a specified depth for floating
• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
• take in, also metaphorically
  • "She drew strength from the minister's words"
• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
  • "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
• thread on or as if on a string
  • "the child drew glass beads on a string"
• stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
• pass over, across, or through
  • "He drew her hair through his fingers"
• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
  • "The teams drew a tie"
• contract
  • "The material drew after it was washed in hot water"
• reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
• steep; pass through a strainer
• remove the entrails of
• flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
• cause to localize at one point

Synonyms

absorb, attract, cast, delineate, depict, describe, disembowel, drag, draw, draw and quarter, draw in, draw off, eviscerate, force, get, get out, guide, imbibe, John Drew, line, make, pass, puff, pull, pull back, pull in, pull out, quarter, reap, run, soak up, sop up, string, suck, suck up, take in, take out, take up, thread, tie, trace, withdraw