draw

IPA: drˈɔ

noun

That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
The act of drawing:
The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
(archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
The result of drawing:
The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
(cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
(curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
(geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
(slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
(slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
(poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
(horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.

verb

To pull or exert force.
To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
(transitive) To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
(archery) To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
(intransitive, now rare) To pull something along; to have force to move anything by pulling.
To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
(now rare) To construct (a wall, canal etc.) from one point to another.
To require (a depth of water) for floating.
(reflexive) To assume a specific position or attitude.
To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
(curling) To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
(intransitive, now rare) To be pulled along (in a specified way).
(cricket) 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.
(golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
(billiards) 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 attract, exert an influence on.
To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
(transitive, intransitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
(intransitive) To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
To extend, protract.
(obsolete) To extend the duration of (something); to prolong.
To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
To stretch or elongate.
(intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.
(nautical) Of a sail, to fill with wind.
To move, travel, approach.
(reflexive, now rare) To move in a specific direction.
(intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
(hunting, now rare) To search for game; to track a quarry.
To extract, remove, select.
To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
To take (water) from a well or other source.
To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
(transitive, medicine, now rare) To extract (pus, humours, etc.) by means of medical treatment.
To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
To extract (a tooth).
To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
(card games) To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
(transitive, obsolete) To withdraw.
(transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
(intransitive, transitive) To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
(intransitive) To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
To run (a bath).
(analogous) To consume (power).
To obtain, elicit.
To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
To represent.
(transitive) To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
(transitive) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
(transitive) To draw up, compose (a document).
(intransitive) To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
(transitive) To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.

Examples of "draw" in Sentences

I can draw a nonagon.
I can draw a pentagon.
Ace is the lowest card in the draw.
The drawing is delicate and precise.
Draw the rectangle inside the triangle.
The drawing is the situation of the element.
Assuredly the reason is, that the Earth draws it.
These are the drawings of the stethoscope and lungs.
The single picture of the cartoonist drawing in fear does sum it up.
If the drawing is removed the letters retain the shape of the picture.

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