draw

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. Drew (drų); p. p. Drawn (drạn); p. pr. & vb. n. Drawing.] He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. - Spenser. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. - Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? - James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. - Atterbury.
	2.	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. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. - Shak. All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart. - Dryden.
	3.	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. The drew out the staves of the ark. - 2 Chron. v. 9. Draw thee waters for the siege. - Nahum iii. 14. I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood. - Wiseman.
	4.	To pull from a sheath, as a sword. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. - Ex. xv. 9.
	4.	To remove the contents of Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated. - Wiseman.
	5.	To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive. Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves. - Cheyne. Until you had drawn oaths from him. - Shak.
	5.	To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. - King.
	5.	To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. - Dryden.
	6.	To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive. We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history. - Burke.
	6.	To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. How long her face is drawn! - Shak. And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. - J. R. Green.
	7.	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. Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn. - Freeman.
	7.	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.
	8.	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. A flattering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. - Goldsmith. Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power? - Prior.
	9.	To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. Clerk, draw a deed of gift. - Shak.
	10.	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.
	11.	To withdraw. Go wash thy face, and draw the action. - Shak.
	12.	To trace by scent; to track; - a hunting term.
	13.	(Games) 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.
	14.	To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn. To draw a bow to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow. To draw a cover to clear a cover of the game it contains. To draw a curtain to cause a curtain to slide or move, either closing or unclosing. To draw a line to fix a limit or boundary. - Herbert. To draw back to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation. To draw breath to breathe. To draw cuts See under Cut, n. - Shak. To draw in a - To bring or pull in; to collect. b - To entice; to inveigle. To draw interest to produce or gain interest. To draw off to withdraw; to abstract. To draw on to bring on; to occasion; to cause. - Addison. To draw (one) out to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another. - Hayward. To draw out to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread out. To draw over to cause to come over, to induce to leave one part or side for the opposite one. - Ps. lxxxv. 5. To draw the longbow to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales. To draw (one) to to move, to incite, to induce. To draw up a - To compose in due form; to draught; to form in writing. - Shak. b - To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. - Dryden.
v. i.	1.	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.
	2.	To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. - John iv. 11.
	3.	To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement. Keep a watch upon the particular bias of their minds, that it may not draw too much. - Addison.
	4.	(Med.) To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; - said of a blister, poultice, etc.
	5.	To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.
	6.	To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword. So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou drawest, swear horrible. - Shak.
	7.	To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.
	8.	To become contracted; to shrink.
	9.	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, draw nigh, or draw towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.
	10.	To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; - usually with on or upon. You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey. - Jay.
	11.	To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.
	12.	To sink in water; to require a depth for floating. To draw to a head a - (Med.) To begin to suppurate; to ripen, as a boil. b - To ripen, to approach the time for action; as, the plot draws to a head.
n.	1.	The act of drawing; draught.
	2.	A lot or chance to be drawn.
	3.	the act of drawing a lot or chance.
	3.	A drawn game or battle, etc; a tied game; a tie.
	4.	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.
	5.	The result of drawing, or state of being drawn;
	6.	That which is drawn or is subject to drawing.

Noun	1.	draw - a gully that is shallower than a ravine
	2.	draw - an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had" Synonyms: attracter, attractor, drawing card, attraction
	3.	draw - the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" Synonyms: standoff, tie
	4.	draw - anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" Synonyms: lot
	5.	draw - a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack; "he got a pair of kings in the draw"
	6.	draw - a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking" Synonyms: hooking, hook
	7.	draw - (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 Synonyms: draw play
	8.	draw - poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer; "he played only draw and stud" Synonyms: draw poker
	9.	draw - the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly" Synonyms: haul, haulage
Verb	1.	draw - cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" Synonyms: pull, force
	2.	draw - get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association" Synonyms: reap
	3.	draw - make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" Synonyms: trace, line, delineate, describe
	4.	draw - make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" Synonyms: make
	5.	draw - bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim" Synonyms: pull out, get out, pull, take out
	6.	draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
	7.	draw - take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel" Synonyms: take out
	8.	draw - give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" Synonyms: describe, depict
	9.	draw - select or take in from a given group or region; "The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population"
	10.	draw - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"
	11.	draw - suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" Synonyms: puff, drag
	12.	draw - move or go steadily or gradually; "The ship drew near the shore"
	13.	draw - remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" Synonyms: draw off, take out, withdraw
	14.	draw - choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" Synonyms: cast
	15.	draw - in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" Synonyms: get
	16.	draw - 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"
	17.	draw - cause to flow; "The nurse drew blood"
	18.	draw - write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"
	19.	draw - engage in drawing; "He spent the day drawing in the garden"
	20.	draw - move or pull so as to cover or uncover something; "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains"
	21.	draw - allow a draft; "This chimney draws very well"
	22.	draw - require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches"
	23.	draw - 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" Synonyms: draw and quarter, quarter
	24.	draw - take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" Synonyms: imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, absorb, suck, take up, take in
	25.	draw - direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" Synonyms: attract, pull in, pull, draw in
	26.	draw - thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" Synonyms: string, thread
	27.	draw - pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows" Synonyms: pull back
	28.	draw - guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" Synonyms: guide, pass, run
	29.	draw - finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; "The teams drew a tie" Synonyms: tie
	30.	draw - contract; "The material drew after it was washed in hot water"
	31.	draw - reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die; "draw wire"
	32.	draw - steep; pass through a strainer; "draw pulp from the fruit"
	33.	draw - remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken" Synonyms: disembowel, eviscerate
	34.	draw - flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching; "draw steel"
	35.	draw - cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"

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