DRAW
\dɹˈɔː], \dɹˈɔː], \d_ɹ_ˈɔː]\
Definitions of DRAW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
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remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken"
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allow a draft; "This chimney draws very well"
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the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly"
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poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer; "he played only draw and stud"
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a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking"
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a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack; "he got a pair of kings in the draw"
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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"
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a gully that is shallower than a ravine
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cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
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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"
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cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
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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"
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pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
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get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
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take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"
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(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
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flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching; "draw steel"
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steep; pass through a strainer; "draw pulp from the fruit"
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reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die; "draw wire"
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contract; "The material drew after it was washed in hot water"
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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"
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select or take in from a given group or region; "The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population"
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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?"
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finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; "The teams drew a tie"
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suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
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move or pull so as to cover or uncover something; "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains"
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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".
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in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls"
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engage in drawing; "He spent the day drawing in the garden"
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represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
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write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"
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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"
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move or go steadily or gradually; "The ship drew near the shore"
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cause to flow; "The nurse drew blood"
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require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches"
By Princeton University
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take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
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remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken"
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allow a draft; "This chimney draws very well"
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the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly"
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poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer; "he played only draw and stud"
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a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking"
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a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack; "he got a pair of kings in the draw"
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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"
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a gully that is shallower than a ravine
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cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
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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"
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cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
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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"
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pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
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get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
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take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.
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To become contracted; to shrink.
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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, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.
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To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.
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To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
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The act of drawing; draught.
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A lot or chance to be drawn.
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A drawn game or battle, etc.
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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.
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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.
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To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
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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.
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To throw up (the stone) gently.
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To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn.
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The result of drawing, or state of being drawn;
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A drawn battle, game, or the like.
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The spin or twist imparted to a ball, or the like, by a drawing stroke.
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That which is drawn or is subject to drawing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To pull from a sheath, as a sword.
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To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
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To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
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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.
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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.
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To select by the drawing of lots.
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To remove the contents of
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To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
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To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.
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To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.
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To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
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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.
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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.
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To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.
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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.
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To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.
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To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.
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To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.
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To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.
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To trace by scent; to track; - a hunting term.
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To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; - said of a blister, poultice, etc.
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To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; - usually with on or upon.
By Oddity Software
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To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.
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To become contracted; to shrink.
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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, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.
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To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.
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To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
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The act of drawing; draught.
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A lot or chance to be drawn.
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A drawn game or battle, etc.
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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.
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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.
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To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
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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.
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To throw up (the stone) gently.
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To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn.
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The result of drawing, or state of being drawn;
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A drawn battle, game, or the like.
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The spin or twist imparted to a ball, or the like, by a drawing stroke.
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That which is drawn or is subject to drawing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To pull from a sheath, as a sword.
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To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
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To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
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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.
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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.
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To select by the drawing of lots.
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To remove the contents of
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To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
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To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.
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To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.
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To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
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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.
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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.
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To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.
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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.
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To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.
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To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.
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To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.
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To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.
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To trace by scent; to track; - a hunting term.
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To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; - said of a blister, poultice, etc.
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To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; - usually with on or upon.
By Noah Webster.
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To pull along or haul; suck in; pull out; force our; to extend in length; stretch; disembowel; as, to draw a fowl; take or bring or bring out, as water; a number in a lottery, etc.; to represent on paper with a pen or pencil; to write in legal form; require to float in; as, the vessel draws twenty feet of water; inhale; as, to draw a sigh; attract or allure; receive; leave undecided; as, to draw a game.
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Act as an inducement; shrink; take, pull, or force something out; move; as, to draw near; to be pulled; to practice the art of making pictures with a pen or pencil; to write a formal demand for money, supplies, etc; as, you may draw on the bank for the amount; to allow a current of air to pass; as, the chimney draws well.
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The act of drawing; a game left undecided.
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Drew.
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Drawing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To pull along: to bring forcibly towards one: to entice: to inhale: to take out: to deduce: to lengthen: to make a picture of, by lines drawn: to describe: to require a depth of water for floating.
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To pull: to practice drawing: to move: to approach:-pa.t drew; pa.p. drawn.
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The act of drawing: anything drawn: among sportsmen, the act of forcing a fox from his cover, a badger from his hole: etc: the place where a fox is drawn. Also something designed to draw a person out to make him reveal his intentions or what he desires to conceal or keep back, or the like: a feeler. (Slang.) "This was what in modern days is called a draw. It was a guess put boldly forth as fact to elict by the young man's answer whether he had been there lately or not."-C. Reade.
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DRAWABLE.
By Daniel Lyons
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To sketch; portray.
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movable part of a bridge.
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To move or approach; write an order for money; practice drawing.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To sketch; portray.
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To pull; haul; lead; attract.
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To pull out; extract; call forth; obtain.
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To draft; commonly with up.
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To require the depth of (so much water), as a vessel.
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To have attractive influence; be attractive.
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To have a free draft, as a stove or chimney.
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To move as if drawn; as, to draw away.
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To obtain money, etc., on application.
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To delineate, as with a pencil; practise drawing.
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To unsheathe a sword.
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An act of drawing.
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A tie, as in a game.
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The movable section of a drawbridge.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of drawing; the lot or chance drawn; that part of a bridge which is either raised or drawn aside; the end of a game when both sides are equal or neither wins.
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To pull along after one; to pull out; to drag; to pull up from; to suck; to attract; to inhale; to take from; to let run out; to extract; to bring on; to move gradually or slowly; to lengthen; to utter drawlingly, as a sigh; to extend, by marking or forming; to represent by lines; to represent by words; to represent in fancy; to derive; to have; to deduce; to lead by persuasion or moral influence; to induce; to persuade; to attract toward; to win; to receive or take, as from a fund; to produce, as interest; to extort; to wrest; to write in due form; to receive or gain by drawing; to stretch; to require a certain depth of water for floating; to bend; to eviscerate. To draw back, to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation. To draw in, to collect; to contract; to pull back; to entice or inveigle. To draw off, to draw from or away; to withdraw; to abstract; to draw or cause to flow from; to extract by distillation. To draw on, to allure; to persuade or cause to follow; to occasion; to invite; to bring on. To draw over, to raise, or cause to come over, as in a still; to persuade or induce to revolt from an opposing party, and join one's own. To draw out, to lengthen; to beat or hammer out; to lengthen in time; to draw off, as liquor from a cask; to extract, as the spirit of a substance; to bring forth; to pump out by questioning or address; to induce by motive; to detach; to arrange in battle. To draw together, to collect or be collected. To draw up, to raise; to lift; to form in order of battle; to compose in due form, as a writing.
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To pull; to act as a weight; to shrink; to move or advance; to be filled or inflated with wind; to unsheathe, as a sword; to use or practise the art of delineating figures; to cause to suppurate; to excite to inflammation, maturation, and discharge, as a blister draws well. To draw back, to retire; to withdraw; to apostatize. To draw near or nigh, to approach. To draw off, to retire; to retreat. To draw on, to advance; to approach; to gain on in pursuit; to demand payment by an order or bill, called a draft. To draw up, to form in regular order.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To haul; to raise, as water from a well; to pull along; to pull out or unsheath; to attract; to suck or inhale; to take or let out a liquid; to sketch or delineate; to have, receive, or take, as money; to pull or exert strength in drawing; to move, advance, or approach.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.