What is the meaning of draw?

noun

• A gully that is shallower than a ravine.
• An entertainer who attracts large audiences.
  • usage: "he was the biggest drawing card they had"
  • synonyms: drawing card, attraction, attractor, attracter
• The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided.
  • usage: "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie"
  • synonyms: standoff, tie
• Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random.
  • usage: "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
  • synonyms: lot
• A playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack.
  • usage: "he got a pair of kings in the draw"
• A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer.
  • usage: "he took lessons to cure his hooking"
  • synonyms: hook, hooking
• 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
• Poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer.
  • usage: "he played only draw and stud"
  • synonyms: draw poker
• The act of drawing or hauling something.
  • usage: "the haul up the hill went very slowly"
  • synonyms: haul, haulage

verb

• Cause to move by pulling.
  • usage: "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
  • synonyms: pull, force
• Get or derive.
  • usage: "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
  • synonyms: reap
• Make a mark or lines on a surface.
  • usage: "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
  • synonyms: trace, line, describe, delineate
• Make, formulate, or derive in the mind.
  • usage: "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks"
  • synonyms: make
• Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.
  • usage: "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
  • synonyms: pull, pull out, get out, take out
• Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. On a surface.
  • usage: "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
• Take liquid out of a container or well.
  • usage: "She drew water from the barrel"
  • synonyms: take out
• Give a description of.
  • usage: "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
  • synonyms: describe, depict
• Select or take in from a given group or region.
  • usage: "The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population"
• Elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc..
  • usage: "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"
• Suck in or take (air. )
  • usage: "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
  • synonyms: puff, drag
• Move or go steadily or gradually.
  • usage: "The ship drew near the shore"
• Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source. )
  • usage: "She drew $2, 000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
  • synonyms: withdraw, take out, draw off
• Choose at random.
  • usage: "draw a card"; "cast lots"
  • synonyms: cast
• Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher.
  • usage: "He drew a base on balls"
  • synonyms: get
• Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition.
  • usage: "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close"
• Cause to flow.
  • usage: "The nurse drew blood"
• Write a legal document or paper.
  • usage: "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"
• Engage in drawing.
  • usage: "He spent the day drawing in the garden"
• Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something.
  • usage: "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains"
• Allow a draft.
  • usage: "This chimney draws very well"
• Require a specified depth for floating.
  • usage: "This boat draws 70 inches"
• Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him.
  • usage: "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
  • synonyms: quarter, draw and quarter
• Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense.
  • usage: "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
  • synonyms: pull
• Take in, also metaphorically.
  • usage: "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
  • synonyms: absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up
• Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.
  • usage: "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
  • synonyms: attract, pull, pull in, draw in
• Thread on or as if on a string.
  • usage: "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
  • synonyms: string, thread
• Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow. )
  • usage: "The archers were drawing their bows"
  • synonyms: pull back
• Pass over, across, or through.
  • usage: "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
  • synonyms: guide, run, pass
• Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc..
  • usage: "The teams drew a tie"
  • synonyms: tie
• Contract.
  • usage: "The material drew after it was washed in hot water"
• Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die.
  • usage: "draw wire"
• Steep; pass through a strainer.
  • usage: "draw pulp from the fruit"
• Remove the entrails of.
  • usage: "draw a chicken"
  • synonyms: disembowel, eviscerate
• Flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching.
  • usage: "draw steel"
• Cause to localize at one point.
  • usage: "Draw blood and pus"