Draw
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English
Verb
Draw (third-person singular simple present draws, present participle drawing, simple past drew, past participle drawn)
- To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
- To drag, pull.
- To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
- To attract.
- To deduce or infer.
- (usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
- To disembowel.
- (archery) To pull back the arrow in preparation for shooting.
- (of curtains, etc.) To close.
- (intransitive) (of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.
- (intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To consume, for example, power.
- To determine the result of a lottery.
- (card games) To take the top card of a deck into hand.
- (poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.
- inhale
Noun
Draw (plural Draws)- The result of a game in which neither side has won; a tie.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out. Different from a tie.
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade
- (curling) A shot that lands in play without hitting another stone out, as opposed to a takeout shot.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- (colloquial) Cannabis.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- (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.
Adverbs for Draw
fiercely; reluctantly; passionately; mournfully; caressingly; silently; swiftly; contentedly; lazily; demurely; passively; haughtily; apprehensively; irresistibly; reproachfully; inevitably; hastily; affectionately; tenderly; symbolically; exquisitely; sophisticatedly; sketchily; grotesquely; impeccably; hideously; apologetically.
Synonyms for Draw
pull, haul, drag, attract, describe, sketch, inhale, move, bring, convey, tow, tug, allure, write, infer, deduce.
Antonyms for Draw
repel, repulse, alienate, reject, rebuff, estrange.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
allure, allurement, amount to, appeal, approach, argue into, arrange, arrive, arroyo, assume, attendance, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, avulse, bag, bait, bait the hook, balance, be magnetic, be seized of, bear upon, bewitch, blandish, bleed, box canyon, box office, breach, break, break even, breathe in, bring, bring around, bring forth, bring out, bring to life, broach, bulge, cajole, call, canyon, capillarity, capillary attraction, captivate, capture, cartoon, catch, catch a likeness, cavity, centripetal force, chain-smoke, chalk, chap, character, characterize, charcoal, charm, chart, chasm, chaw, check, chew, chimney, chink, choose, circumscribe, cleft, cleuch, clough, coarct, coax, coeval, coexistent, col, collect, color, come by, come close, come in for, come into, come near, come to, come up to, compact, compile, compose, compress, concentrate, conclude, concomitant, condense, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contemporary, continue, contract, contrive, convince, copy, corral, correspond, coulee, couloir, crack, cramp, cranny, crayon, create, crevasse, crevice, crosshatch, curtail, cut, cut out, cwm, dash off, daub, dead heat, deadlock, deadwood, decant, decoy, decrease, deduce, defile, delineate, dell, depart, depend on, depict, deploy, deracinate, derive, derive from, describe, design, devise, diagram, dig out, dig up, dike, disentangle, ditch, ditto, donga, doodle, dope, draft, draft off, drag, drag down, drag out, draggle, drain, drain off, drain out, draw back, draw from, draw in, draw nigh, draw off, draw on, draw out, draw together, draw towards, draw up, drawing power, dredge, dredge up, earn, edge, educe, elicit, elongate, employ, empty, enchant, ensnare, enter into possession, entice, enticement, equal, eradicate, even, even break, even off, evoke, evolve, evulse, excavate, excavation, excise, exert influence, exhaust, exploit, express, exsect, extend, extract, extricate, fair shake, fall back on, fascinate, fault, fetch, fissure, flaw, flirt, flirt with, flume, formulate, fracture, frame, frequence, frequenting, furrow, gain, gap, gape, gash, gather, get, get cozy with, get out, give the come-on, give words to, go away, gorge, gouge out, gravitation, gravity, groove, grub up, gulch, gulf, gully, hale, halt, handicap, harvest, hatch, haul, have, have an attraction, have coming in, head start, heave, hit off, hole, incision, inhale, inhale snuff, inspire, inveigle, joint, keep pace with, kloof, knit, knot, knotted score, lead on, leak, leave, lengthen, lengthen out, let, let blood, let out, limn, lobby, lobby through, lug, lure, magnet, magnetism, magnetize, make, make advances, make overtures, make up to, make use of, map, marshal, match, match up with, measure up to, milk, mine, moat, mutual attraction, narrow, near, neck-and-neck race, net, notate, notch, nullah, number present, obtain, odds, offer bait to, opening, order, outline, paint, paint a picture, parallel, pass, passage, paunch, pencil, persuade, phlebotomize, photo finish, pick, pick out, picture, picturize, pipette, pluck out, pluck up, portray, position, pour, prepare, print, procure, produce, prolong, prolongate, prompt, protract, pucker, pucker up, puff, pull, pull down, pull in, pull out, pull strings, pull towards, pull up, pulling power, pump, pump out, purse, put together, quarry, rake out, rank, ravine, reach, reap, receive, recoil, reduce, register, rely on, remove, render, rent, represent, resort to, retreat, rift, rime, rip out, rival, root out, root up, rope in, rub, run abreast, run to, rupture, sack, schematize, scissure, score, scratch, scumble, seam, secure, seduce, seduction, select, set forth, shade, shorten, shrink from, siphon, siphon off, sketch, slit, slot, smoke, snake, solidify, spin out, split, stack up with, stalemate, standoff, standstill, start, stencil, stop, strain, strangle, strangulate, stretch, stretch out, string out, suck, suck in, suck out, symbolize, sympathy, take, take a rubbing, take in, take in tow, take on, take out, take over, take snuff, tap, tauten, tear out, tense, the same, tie, tighten, tint, touch, tow, trace, trace out, trace over, traction, trail, train, trawl, trench, troll, tug, turnout, unearth, unravel, unsheathe, uproot, use, valley, vantage, venesect, void, wadi, weed out, wile, win, win over, wire-pull, withdraw, woo, work on, wrest out, wrinkle, write
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː
Etymology
Middle English drawen, dragen, from Old English draġan, from Proto-Germanic *draganan (cf. West Frisian {{ Template:Fry/script |drage| face=term | lang=fry }}, Dutch dragen, German tragen ‘to carry’), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreĝ- 'to draw, pull' (compare Albanian dredh ‘to turn, spin’, Armenian daṙnam ‘to turn’, Sanskrit dhrajas ‘load’).
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