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Definition of draw
Pronunciation: drạ | v. t. | 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. | | 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. | | 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. | | 4. | To pull from a sheath, as a sword. | | 4. | To remove the contents of | | 5. | To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive. | | 5. | To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. | | 5. | To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. | | 6. | To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive. | | 6. | To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. | | 7. | 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. | | 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. | | 9. | To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. | | 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. | | 12. | To trace by scent; to track; - a hunting term. | | 13. | (Games) 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. | | 14. | To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn. | | v. i. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well. | | 3. | To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement. | | 4. | (Med.) To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; - said of a blister, poultice, etc. | | 5. | To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc. | | 6. | To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword. | | 7. | To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures. | | 8. | To become contracted; to shrink. | | 9. | 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, draw nigh, or draw towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect. | | 10. | To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; - usually with on or upon. | | 11. | To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily. | | 12. | To sink in water; to require a depth for floating. | | n. | 1. | The act of drawing; draught. | | 2. | A lot or chance to be drawn. | | 3. | the act of drawing a lot or chance. | | 3. | A drawn game or battle, etc; a tied game; a tie. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | The result of drawing, or state of being drawn; | | 6. | That which is drawn or is subject to drawing. |
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