draw
noun
1. a gully that is shallower than a ravine
Definition categories: object, gully
2. an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- he was the biggest drawing card they had
Similar word(s): attracter, attraction, attractor
Definition categories: person, entertainer
3. the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- the game ended in a draw
Similar word(s): standoff, tie
Definition categories: event, finish
4. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- the luck of the draw
Similar word(s): lot
Definition categories: man–made, object
5. a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- he got a pair of kings in the draw
Definition categories: man–made
6. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
Similar word(s): hook, hooking
Definition categories: act, swing
7. (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
Definition categories: act, run, running
8. poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- he played only draw and stud
Definition categories: act, poker
9. the act of drawing or hauling something
Similar word(s): haul, haulage
Definition categories: act, pull, pulling
Sentences with draw as a noun:
- The draw is on Saturday.
verb
1. cause to move by pulling
- draw a wagon
Similar word(s): pull
Definition categories: contact, displace, move
2. get or derive
Similar word(s): reap
Definition categories: possession, derive, gain
3. make a mark or lines on a surface
- draw a line
Similar word(s): delineate, describe, line, trace
Definition categories: contact, mark
4. make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- I draw a line here
- draw a conclusion
- draw parallels
Similar word(s): make
Definition categories: cognition
5. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- draw a weapon
Similar word(s): pull
Definition categories: motion, remove, take, withdraw
6. represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- Draw me a horse
Definition categories: creation, interpret, represent
7. take liquid out of a container or well
Definition categories: motion, remove, take, withdraw
8. give a description of
Similar word(s): depict, describe
Definition categories: communication, exposit, expound
9. select or take in from a given group or region
- The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population
Definition categories: cognition, choose, select, take
10. elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
Definition categories: emotion, arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
11. suck in or take (air)
- draw a deep breath
- draw on a cigarette
Definition categories: consumption, inhale, inspire
12. move or go steadily or gradually
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
13. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
Similar word(s): withdraw
Definition categories: possession, remove, take, withdraw
14. choose at random
- draw a card
Similar word(s): cast
Definition categories: competition, go, move
15. earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
Similar word(s): get
Definition categories: creation, effect, effectuate
16. 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
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
17. cause to flow
Definition categories: motion, remove, take, withdraw
18. write a legal document or paper
- The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office
Definition categories: creation, compose, indite, pen, write
19. engage in drawing
- He spent the day drawing in the garden
Definition categories: creation, create
20. move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- draw the shades
- draw the curtains
Definition categories: contact, close, shut
21. allow a draft
- This chimney draws very well
Definition categories: stative, be
22. require a specified depth for floating
- This boat draws 70 inches
Definition categories: stative, ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
23. 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
Similar word(s): quarter
Definition categories: social, kill
24. cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
Similar word(s): pull
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
25. take in, also metaphorically
Similar word(s): absorb, imbibe, suck
Definition categories: contact
26. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
Similar word(s): attract, pull
Definition categories: contact, draw, pull
27. thread on or as if on a string
Similar word(s): string, thread
Definition categories: contact, arrange
28. stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- The archers were drawing their bows
Definition categories: contact, stretch
29. pass over, across, or through
Similar word(s): guide, pass, run
Definition categories: contact
30. finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
Similar word(s): tie
Definition categories: competition, equal, equalise, equalize, equate, match
31. contract
Definition categories: change, deform
32. reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- draw wire
Definition categories: change, thin
33. steep; pass through a strainer
- draw pulp from the fruit
Definition categories: change, infuse, steep
34. remove the entrails of
- draw a chicken
Similar word(s): disembowel, eviscerate
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
35. flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- draw steel
Definition categories: change, form, shape
36. cause to localize at one point
- Draw blood and pus
Definition categories: body, localise, localize
Sentences with draw as a verb:
- He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.
- Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for three minutes before pouring.
- to draw money from a bank
- Draw near to the fire and I will tell you a tale.
- to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange
- This horse draws well.
- A ship's sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.
- The carriage draws easily.
- You should draw the curtains at night.
- At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.
- draw water from a well; draw water for a bath; the wound drew blood
- A ship draws ten feet of water.
- A chimney or flue draws.
- The circuit draws three hundred watts.
- to draw a mass of metal into wire
- She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem.
- He will be hanged, drawn and quartered.
- The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.
- Jill has four diamonds; she'll try to draw for a flush.