Draw
verbNoun
poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
“he played only draw and stud”
Type of:Pokeranything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
“the luck of the draw”
Similar:LotType of:Objectan entertainer who attracts large audiences
“he was the biggest drawing card they had”
Type of:Entertainerthe finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
“the game ended in a draw”
a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
“he got a pair of kings in the draw”
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
Type of:Swingthe act of drawing or hauling something
(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
a gully that is shallower than a ravine
Type of:Gully
Verb
suck in or take (air)
“draw a deep breath”
“draw on a cigarette”
make, formulate, or derive in the mind
“I draw a line here”
“draw a conclusion”
“draw parallels”
Similar:Makeremove the entrails of
“draw a chicken”
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”
Similar:QuarterType of:Killmake a mark or lines on a surface
“draw a line”
bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
“draw a weapon”
stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
“The archers were drawing their bows”
Type of:Stretchchoose at random
“draw a card”
Similar:CastType of:GoMovecause to move by pulling
“draw a wagon”
Similar:PullType of:MoveDisplacebring 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”
Type of:ChangeModifyAltermove or pull so as to cover or uncover something
“draw the shades”
“draw the curtains”
Type of:CloseShutwrite a legal document or paper
“The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office”
Type of:ComposeWriteInditetake liquid out of a container or well
allow a draft
“This chimney draws very well”
Type of:Beengage in drawing
“He spent the day drawing in the garden”
Type of:Createflatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
“draw steel”
Type of:FormShapereduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
“draw wire”
Type of:Thinrequire a specified depth for floating
“This boat draws 70 inches”
Type of:TakeNecessitatePostulateselect or take in from a given group or region
“The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population”
Type of:SelectChooseTakesteep; pass through a strainer
“draw pulp from the fruit”
Type of:InfuseSteepthread on or as if on a string
give a description of
finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
Similar:TieType of:EqualiseEqualizeEquateget or derive
Similar:ReapType of:GainDerivedirect toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
Similar:GetType of:EffectEffectuatetake in, also metaphorically
remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
Similar:PullType of:DisplaceMovepass over, across, or through
cause to flow
cause to localize at one point
Type of:LocalizeLocalisecontract
Type of:Deformelicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
Type of:EvokeEnkindleElicitmove or go steadily or gradually
Type of:TravelGoLocomoterepresent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
Type of:RepresentInterpret
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