Definition of draw

noun (n)

• a gully that is shallower than a ravine (noun.object)

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• an entertainer who attracts large audiences (noun.person)

  Synonym: attracter, attraction, attractor, drawing card
  

  Example:
  He was the biggest drawing card they had.
  

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• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided (noun.event)

  Synonym: standoff, tie
  

  Example:
  The game ended in a draw.
  

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• anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: lot
  

  Example:
  The luck of the draw.
  

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• a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack (noun.artifact)

  Example:
  He got a pair of kings in the draw.
  

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• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer (noun.act)

  Synonym: hook, hooking
  

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• (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 (noun.act)

  Synonym: draw play
  

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• poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer (noun.act)

  Synonym: draw poker
  

  Example:
  He played only draw and stud.
  

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• the act of drawing or hauling something (noun.act)

  Synonym: haul, haulage
  

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• The act of drawing; draught. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• The result of drawing, or state of being drawn; (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• cause to move by pulling (verb.contact)

  Synonym: force, pull
  Antonym: force, push
  

  Example:
  Draw a wagon.
  

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• get or derive (verb.possession)

  Synonym: reap
  

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• make a mark or lines on a surface (verb.contact)

  Synonym: delineate, describe, line, trace
  

  Example:
  Draw a line.
  

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• make, formulate, or derive in the mind (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: make
  

  Example:
  I draw a line here.
  Draw a conclusion.
  Draw parallels.
  

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• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover (verb.motion)

  Synonym: get out, pull, pull out, take out
  

  Example:
  Draw a weapon.
  

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• represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface (verb.creation)

  Example:
  Draw me a horse.
  

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• take liquid out of a container or well (verb.motion)

  Synonym: take out
  

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• give a description of (verb.communication)

  Synonym: depict, describe
  

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• select or take in from a given group or region (verb.cognition)

  Example:
  The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population.
  

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• elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. (verb.emotion)

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• suck in or take (air) (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: drag, puff
  

  Example:
  Draw a deep breath.
  Draw on a cigarette.
  

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• move or go steadily or gradually (verb.motion)

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• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) (verb.possession)

  Synonym: draw off, take out, withdraw
  Antonym: bank, deposit
  

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• choose at random (verb.competition)

  Synonym: cast
  

  Example:
  Draw a card.
  

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• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher (verb.creation)

  Synonym: get
  

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• bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition (verb.change)

  Example:
  She was drawn to despair.
  The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum.
  The session was drawn to a close.
  

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• cause to flow (verb.motion)

  Synonym: flow
  

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• write a legal document or paper (verb.creation)

  Example:
  The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office.
  

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• engage in drawing (verb.creation)

  Example:
  He spent the day drawing in the garden.
  

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• move or pull so as to cover or uncover something (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Draw the shades.
  Draw the curtains.
  

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• allow a draft (verb.stative)

  Example:
  This chimney draws very well.
  

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• require a specified depth for floating (verb.stative)

  Example:
  This boat draws 70 inches.
  

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• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him (verb.social)

  Synonym: draw and quarter, quarter
  

  Example:
  In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes.
  

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• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense (verb.motion)

  Synonym: pull
  

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• take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)

  Synonym: absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up
  

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• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (verb.contact)

  Synonym: attract, draw in, pull, pull in
  Antonym: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse
  

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• thread on or as if on a string (verb.contact)

  Synonym: string, thread
  

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• stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) (verb.contact)

  Synonym: pull back
  

  Example:
  The archers were drawing their bows.
  

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• pass over, across, or through (verb.contact)

  Synonym: guide, pass, run
  

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• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. (verb.competition)

  Synonym: tie
  

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• contract (verb.change)

  Synonym: catch, flex
  

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• reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die (verb.change)

  Example:
  Draw wire.
  

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• steep; pass through a strainer (verb.change)

  Example:
  Draw pulp from the fruit.
  

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• remove the entrails of (verb.change)

  Synonym: disembowel, eviscerate
  

  Example:
  Draw a chicken.
  

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• flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching (verb.change)

  Example:
  Draw steel.
  

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• cause to localize at one point (verb.body)

  Example:
  Draw blood and pus.
  

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• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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