draw   (drô)    v.   drew (drōō), drawn (drôn), draw·ing, draws v.   tr. To cause to move after or toward one by applying continuous force; drag: drew the chair closer to the table; a team of horses drawing a wagon. See Synonyms at pull. To cause to move in a given direction or to a given position, as by leading: The teacher drew the children into the room to see the decorations. To move or pull so as to cover or uncover something: draw the curtains. To extract or take for one's own use: draw strength from one's friends. To make (tea) by steeping. To cause to come by attracting; attract: afraid the casino will draw undesirable elements to the town. To select or take in from a given group, type, or region: draw clients from all levels of society. To withdraw (money). To use (a check, for example) when paying. To receive on a regular basis or at a specified time: draw a pension. To take (cards) from a dealer or central stack. To force (a card) to be played. To hit or strike (a billiard ball, for example) so as to give it backspin. To hit (a golf ball) with a draw. To flatten, stretch, or mold (metal) by hammering or die stamping. To shape or elongate (a wire, for example) by pulling through dies. To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement. To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines: drew a map of the area; drawing landscapes and still lifes. To portray in writing or speech; depict with words: draws moving scenes of ghetto life. To cause to flow forth: a pump drawing water; a blow that drew blood. To suck or take in (air, for example); inhale. To require (a specified depth of water) for floating: a boat drawing 18 inches. To take or pull out: drew a gun from beneath the counter; drew out a fat wallet. To extract or take for one's own use: draw strength from one's friends. To make (tea) by steeping. To cause to come by attracting; attract: afraid the casino will draw undesirable elements to the town. To select or take in from a given group, type, or region: draw clients from all levels of society. To withdraw (money). To use (a check, for example) when paying. To receive on a regular basis or at a specified time: draw a pension. To take (cards) from a dealer or central stack. To force (a card) to be played. To hit or strike (a billiard ball, for example) so as to give it backspin. To hit (a golf ball) with a draw. To flatten, stretch, or mold (metal) by hammering or die stamping. To shape or elongate (a wire, for example) by pulling through dies. To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement. To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines: drew a map of the area; drawing landscapes and still lifes. To portray in writing or speech; depict with words: draws moving scenes of ghetto life. To eviscerate; disembowel. To cause to come by attracting; attract: afraid the casino will draw undesirable elements to the town. To select or take in from a given group, type, or region: draw clients from all levels of society. To withdraw (money). To use (a check, for example) when paying. To receive on a regular basis or at a specified time: draw a pension. To take (cards) from a dealer or central stack. To force (a card) to be played. To hit or strike (a billiard ball, for example) so as to give it backspin. To hit (a golf ball) with a draw. To flatten, stretch, or mold (metal) by hammering or die stamping. To shape or elongate (a wire, for example) by pulling through dies. To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement. To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines: drew a map of the area; drawing landscapes and still lifes. To portray in writing or speech; depict with words: draws moving scenes of ghetto life. To bring to a certain condition or action; lead: drawn to despair; drew them to resign. To bring about deliberately; provoke: draw enemy fire; draw a penalty on an opponent. To evoke as a response; elicit: a performance that drew jeers from the audience. To earn; gain: deposits that draw interest at a rate of 5 percent. To withdraw (money). To use (a check, for example) when paying. To receive on a regular basis or at a specified time: draw a pension. To take (cards) from a dealer or central stack. To force (a card) to be played. To hit or strike (a billiard ball, for example) so as to give it backspin. To hit (a golf ball) with a draw. To flatten, stretch, or mold (metal) by hammering or die stamping. To shape or elongate (a wire, for example) by pulling through dies. To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement. To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines: drew a map of the area; drawing landscapes and still lifes. To portray in writing or speech; depict with words: draws moving scenes of ghetto life. To take or receive by chance: draw lots. Games To take (cards) from a dealer or central stack. To force (a card) to be played. To hit or strike (a billiard ball, for example) so as to give it backspin. To hit (a golf ball) with a draw. To flatten, stretch, or mold (metal) by hammering or die stamping. To shape or elongate (a wire, for example) by pulling through dies. To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement. To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines: drew a map of the area; drawing landscapes and still lifes. To portray in writing or speech; depict with words: draws moving scenes of ghetto life. To end or leave (a contest) tied or undecided. Sports To hit or strike (a billiard ball, for example) so as to give it backspin. To hit (a golf ball) with a draw. To flatten, stretch, or mold (metal) by hammering or die stamping. To shape or elongate (a wire, for example) by pulling through dies. To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement. To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines: drew a map of the area; drawing landscapes and still lifes. To portray in writing or speech; depict with words: draws moving scenes of ghetto life. To pull back the string of (a bow). To distort the shape of. To stretch taut. To flatten, stretch, or mold (metal) by hammering or die stamping. To shape or elongate (a wire, for example) by pulling through dies. To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement. To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines: drew a map of the area; drawing landscapes and still lifes. To portray in writing or speech; depict with words: draws moving scenes of ghetto life. To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement. To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines: drew a map of the area; drawing landscapes and still lifes. To portray in writing or speech; depict with words: draws moving scenes of ghetto life. To formulate or devise from evidence or data at hand: draw a comparison. To compose or write out in legal format: draw a deed. v.   intr. To proceed or move steadily: a ship drawing near the shore. To attract customers or spectators: The new play is drawing well. To pour forth liquid: The patient's veins don't draw easily. To cause suppuration. To take in a draft of air: The flue isn't drawing. To steep in or as if in the manner of tea. To pull out a weapon for use. To use or call upon part of a fund or supply: drawing on an account; drew from the experience of fellow workers. To contract or tighten: material that draws when it dries. To conclude a contest without either side winning; tie: The chess players drew in 32 moves. To make a likeness with lines on a surface; sketch. n.   An act of drawing. The result of drawing. The arrangement of competitors in a tournament in which the match-ups are made at random. A match-up or opponent in such a tournament. Games A draw shot. Sports A moderate, usually controlled hook in golf. Something drawn, especially a lot, card, or cards drawn at random. Sports & Games The arrangement of competitors in a tournament in which the match-ups are made at random. A match-up or opponent in such a tournament. Games A draw shot. Sports A moderate, usually controlled hook in golf. An inhalation, especially through a pipe or other smoking implement. One that attracts interest, customers, or spectators: a singer who is a popular draw. The movable part of a drawbridge. A special advantage; an edge: have the draw on one's enemies. A contest ending without either side winning. A small natural depression that water drains into; a shallow gully. Football A play in which the quarterback drops back as if to pass and then hands off to a running back. Sports A face-off. Games A draw shot. Sports A moderate, usually controlled hook in golf. To prolong; protract. To induce to speak freely: managed to draw the shy child out. To compose or write in a set form; write out: draw up a contract; draw up a list. To bring (troops, for example) into order. To bring or come to a halt. To bring (oneself) into an erect posture, often as an expression of dignity or indignation. Chiefly Southern U.S. To shrink when washed. Used of clothes. Phrasal Verb(s): draw awayTo move ahead of competitors. draw backTo retreat. draw downTo deplete by consuming or spending: drew down our food reserves. draw onTo approach: as evening draws on. draw out To prolong; protract. To induce to speak freely: managed to draw the shy child out. draw up To compose or write in a set form; write out: draw up a contract; draw up a list. To bring (troops, for example) into order. To bring or come to a halt. To bring (oneself) into an erect posture, often as an expression of dignity or indignation. Chiefly Southern U.S. To shrink when washed. Used of clothes. Idiom(s): draw a blankTo fail to find or remember something. Idiom(s): draw and quarter To execute (a prisoner) by tying each limb to a horse and driving the horses in different directions. To disembowel and dismember after hanging. Informal To punish severely: The teenager was drawn and quartered for wrecking the family's only car. Idiom(s): draw strawsTo decide by a lottery with straws of unequal lengths. Idiom(s): draw the line To decide firmly an arbitrary boundary between two things: "Where do you draw the line between your own decisions and those of your superiors?" (Robert Marion). To decide firmly the limit of what one will tolerate or participate in: The officer committed fraud but drew the line at blackmail. [Middle English drauen, from Old English dragan.]

Draw

Draw\ (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. Drew (dr[udd]); p. p. Drawn (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Drawing.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. [root]73. Cf. 2d Drag, Dray a cart, 1st Dredge.]

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.

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. (b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword.

I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. --Ex. xv. 9. (c) 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. (d) 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. (e) 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. (f) 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. (g) To select by the drawing of lots.

Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn. --Freeman.

4. To remove the contents of; as: (a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry.

Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated. --Wiseman. (b) 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. "Where I first drew air." --Milton.

Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. --Dryden.

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 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. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Go wash thy face, and draw the action. --Shak.

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

Note: Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its original sense, to pull, to move forward by the application of force in advance, or to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a bar of metal by continued beating.

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. "Night draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws." --Herbert.

To draw a line, to fix a limit or boundary.

To draw back, to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation.

To draw breath, to breathe. --Shak.

To draw cuts or lots. See under Cut, n.

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. --Addison.

To draw on, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. "War which either his negligence drew on, or his practices procured." --Hayward.

To draw (one) out, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another.

To draw out, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread out. -- "Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?" --Ps. lxxxv. 5. "Linked sweetness long drawn out." --Milton.

To draw over, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one part or side for the opposite one.

To draw the longbow, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales.

To draw (one) to or on to (something), to move, to incite, to induce. "How many actions most ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?" --Shak.

To draw up. (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in writing. (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. "Drawn up in battle to receive the charge." --Dryden.

Syn: To Draw, Drag.

Usage: Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty. Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.

draw 

Main Entry: draw
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: drew; drawn; draw·ing
transitive verb 1 : to compose by random selection <draw a jury>
2 : to take (money) from a place of deposit
3 : to write and sign (a draft) in due form for use in making a demand <draw a check>
4 : to write out in due form draw our wills> intransitive verb : to make a written demand for payment of money on deposit

Main Entry: draw
Pronunciation: 'dro
Function: verb
Inflected Form: drew /'drü/; drawn /'dron/; draw·ing
transitive senses
1 : to cause to move toward or localize in a surface draw inflammation to a head>; especially : to cause(an unwanted element) to depart (as from the body or a lesion) draw the poison>
2 : INHALE drew a deep breath>
3 : to remove the viscera of : EVISCERATE draw intransitive senses
1 : to cause local congestion : induce blood or other body fluid to localize at a particular point : be effective as a blistering agent or counterirritant —used of a poultice and comparable means of medication
2 of a lesion : to become localized—used in the phrase draw to a head

draw

In addition to the idioms beginning with draw, also see back to the drawing board; beat to it (the draw); daggers drawn; luck of the draw; quick on the draw.