draw (Meaning)

a gully that is shallower than a ravine

an entertainer who attracts large audiences

the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

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

a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack

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

the act of drawing or hauling something

cause to move by pulling

get or derive

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

take liquid out of a container or well

give a description of

select or take in from a given group or region

elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.

suck in or take (air)

move or go steadily or gradually

remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

choose at random

earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition

cause to flow

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

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)

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

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

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.

To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.

To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc.

To pull from a sheath, as a sword.

To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.

To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.

To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank.

To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize.

To select by the drawing of lots.

To remove the contents of

To drain by emptying; to suck dry.

To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.

To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.

To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.

To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe.

To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.

To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water.

To withdraw.

To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.

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.

To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.

To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

To throw up (the stone) gently.

To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn.

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.

To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.

To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.

To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc.

To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.

To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.

To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.

To become contracted; to shrink.

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.

To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon.

To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.

To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.

The act of drawing; draught.

A lot or chance to be drawn.

A drawn game or battle, etc.

That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.

The result of drawing, or state of being drawn;

A drawn battle, game, or the like.

The spin or twist imparted to a ball, or the like, by a drawing stroke.

That which is drawn or is subject to drawing.