What is draw?

More definitions of "draw":

• (verb): Guide or pass over something.
  Synonyms: guide, run, pass

• (verb): Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him.
  Synonyms: quarter, draw and quarter

• (verb): Cause to localize at one point.
  Example: "Draw blood and pus"

• (verb): Contract.
  Example: "The material drew after it was washed in hot water"

• (verb): Allow a draft.
  Example: "This chimney draws very well"

• (verb): Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.
  Example: "Draw a weapon"
  Synonyms: pull, pull out, get out, take out

• (verb): Get or derive.
  Synonyms: reap

• (verb): Select or take in from a given group or region.
  Example: "The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population"

• (verb): Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die.
  Example: "Draw wire"

• (verb): Choose at random.
  Example: "Draw a card"
  Synonyms: cast

• (verb): Cause to flow.
  Example: "The nurse drew blood"

• (verb): Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source).
  Synonyms: withdraw, take out, draw off

• (verb): Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something.
  Example: "Draw the shades"; "draw the curtains"

• (verb): Pull back the sling of (a bow).
  Synonyms: pull back

• (verb): Write a legal document or paper.
  Example: "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"

• (verb): Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.
  Synonyms: attract, pull, pull in, draw in

• (noun): (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

• (verb): Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc..
  Synonyms: tie

• (verb): Give a description of.
  Synonyms: describe, depict

• (verb): Steep; pass through a strainer.
  Example: "Draw pulp from the fruit"

• (noun): A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer.
  Synonyms: hook, hooking

• (noun): A playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack.
  Example: "He got a pair of kings in the draw"

• (verb): Take in, also metaphorically.
  Synonyms: absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up

• (noun): A gully that is shallower than a ravine.

• (verb): Cause to move along the ground by pulling.
  Example: "Draw a wagon"
  Synonyms: pull, force

• (verb): Take liquid out of a container or well.
  Synonyms: take out

• (verb): Thread on or as if on a string.
  Synonyms: string, thread

• (verb): Flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching.
  Example: "Draw steel"

• (noun): An entertainer who attracts large audiences.
  Synonyms: drawing card, attraction, attractor, attracter

• (noun): Poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer.
  Example: "He played only draw and stud"
  Synonyms: draw poker

• (noun): The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided.
  Example: "The game ended in a draw"
  Synonyms: standoff, tie

• (verb): Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface.
  Example: "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

• (verb): Elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc..
  Example: "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"

• (noun): The act of drawing or hauling something.
  Synonyms: haul, haulage

• (verb): Engage in drawing.
  Example: "He spent the day drawing in the garden"

• (verb): Require a specified depth for floating.
  Example: "This boat draws 70 inches"

• (verb): Move or go steadily or gradually.
  Example: "The ship drew near the shore"

• (verb): Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition.
  Example: "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close"

• (verb): Make a mark or lines on a surface.
  Example: "Draw a line"
  Synonyms: trace, line, describe, delineate

• (noun): Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random.
  Example: "The luck of the draw"
  Synonyms: lot

• (verb): In baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher.
  Synonyms: get

• (verb): Suck in or take (air).
  Example: "Draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
  Synonyms: puff, drag

• (verb): Make, formulate, or derive in the mind.
  Example: "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"
  Synonyms: make

Famous quotes containing the word draw:

“Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“[F]or women, like tradesmen, draw in the injudicious to buy their goods by the high value they themselves set upon them.... They endeavor strongly to fix in the minds of their enamoratos their own high value, and then contrive as much as possible to make them believe that they have so many purchasers at hand that the goods—if they do not make haste—will all be gone.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)

“What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don’t deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don’t we just as often draw the wrong ones?”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)