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Meaning of 'draw' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Draw [ n.]
- 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.
2 . Draw [ v. i.]
- 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.
3 . Draw [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'draw' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . draw [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
Example in sentence:
  • he got a pair of kings in the draw
Meaning (2):
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
Example in sentence:
  • he played only draw and stud
Meaning (3):
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
Example in sentence:
  • he took lessons to cure his hooking
Meaning (4):
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
Example in sentence:
  • he was the biggest drawing card they had
Meaning (5):
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
Example in sentence:
  • the game ended in a draw;
  • their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie
Meaning (6):
- the act of drawing or hauling something
Example in sentence:
  • the haul up the hill went very slowly
Meaning (7):
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
Example in sentence:
  • the luck of the draw;
  • they drew lots for it
8 . draw [ v]
Meaning (8):
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
Example in sentence:
  • A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter
Meaning (9):
- choose at random
Example in sentence:
  • cast lots;
  • draw a card
Meaning (10):
- contract
Example in sentence:
  • did you catch a cold?;
  • flex a muscle;
  • The material drew after it was washed in hot water
Meaning (11):
- remove the entrails of
Example in sentence:
  • draw a chicken
Meaning (12):
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
Example in sentence:
  • draw a conclusion;
  • draw parallels;
  • I draw a line here;
  • make an estimate;
  • What do you make of his remarks?
Meaning (13):
- suck in or take (air)
Example in sentence:
  • draw a deep breath;
  • draw on a cigarette
Meaning (14):
- make a mark or lines on a surface
Example in sentence:
  • draw a line;
  • trace the outline of a figure in the sand
Meaning (15):
- cause to move by pulling
Example in sentence:
  • draw a wagon;
  • pull a sled
Meaning (16):
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
Example in sentence:
  • draw a weapon;
  • pull out a gun;
  • The mugger pulled a knife on his victim
Meaning (17):
- cause to localize at one point
Example in sentence:
  • Draw blood and pus
Meaning (18):
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
Example in sentence:
  • Draw me a horse;
  • She drew an elephant
Meaning (19):
- steep; pass through a strainer
Example in sentence:
  • draw pulp from the fruit
Meaning (20):
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
Example in sentence:
  • draw steel
Meaning (21):
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
Example in sentence:
  • draw the curtains;
  • draw the shades
Meaning (22):
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
Example in sentence:
  • draw wire
Meaning (23):
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
Example in sentence:
  • He drew a base on balls
Meaning (24):
- give a description of
Example in sentence:
  • He drew an elaborate plan of attack
Meaning (25):
- get or derive
Example in sentence:
  • He drew great benefits from his membership in the association
Meaning (26):
- pass over, across, or through
Example in sentence:
  • He drew her hair through his fingers;
  • He ran his eyes over her body;
  • She ran her fingers along the carved figurine
Meaning (27):
- engage in drawing
Example in sentence:
  • He spent the day drawing in the garden
Meaning (28):
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
Example in sentence:
  • Her good looks attract the stares of many men;
  • The ad pulled in many potential customers;
  • The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers;
  • This pianist pulls huge crowds
Meaning (29):
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
Example in sentence:
  • in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Meaning (30):
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
Example in sentence:
  • She drew $2,000 from the account;
  • The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank
Meaning (31):
- take in, also metaphorically
Example in sentence:
  • She drew strength from the minister's words;
  • The sponge absorbs water well
Meaning (32):
- take liquid out of a container or well
Example in sentence:
  • She drew water from the barrel
Meaning (33):
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
Example in sentence:
  • She was drawn to despair;
  • The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum;
  • The session was drawn to a close
Meaning (34):
- thread on or as if on a string
Example in sentence:
  • string pearls on a string;
  • the child drew glass beads on a string;
  • thread dried cranberries
Meaning (35):
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
Example in sentence:
  • The archers were drawing their bows
Meaning (36):
- cause to flow
Example in sentence:
  • The artist flowed the washes on the paper;
  • The nurse drew blood
Meaning (37):
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
Example in sentence:
  • The comedian drew a lot of laughter;
  • The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans
Meaning (38):
- write a legal document or paper
Example in sentence:
  • The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office
Meaning (39):
- select or take in from a given group or region
Example in sentence:
  • The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population
Meaning (40):
- move or go steadily or gradually
Example in sentence:
  • The ship drew near the shore
Meaning (41):
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
Example in sentence:
  • The teams drew a tie
Meaning (42):
- require a specified depth for floating
Example in sentence:
  • This boat draws 70 inches
Meaning (43):
- allow a draft
Example in sentence:
  • This chimney draws very well