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draw
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noun (n)
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences(noun.person)Example:
He was the biggest drawing card they had.
source: wordnet30 - anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random(noun.artifact)Example:
The luck of the draw.
source: wordnet30 - a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack(noun.artifact)Example:
He got a pair of kings in the draw.
source: wordnet30 - (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(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer(noun.act)Example:
He played only draw and stud.
source: wordnet30 - The act of drawing; draught.(noun)source: webster1913
- The result of drawing, or state of being drawn;(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind(verb.cognition)Example:
I draw a line here.
Draw a conclusion.
Draw parallels.
source: wordnet30 - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface(verb.creation)Example:
Draw me a horse.
source: wordnet30 - select or take in from a given group or region(verb.cognition)Example:
The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population.
source: wordnet30 - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.(verb.emotion)source: wordnet30
- move or go steadily or gradually(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition(verb.change)Example:
She was drawn to despair.
The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum.
The session was drawn to a close.
source: wordnet30 - write a legal document or paper(verb.creation)Example:
The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office.
source: wordnet30 - engage in drawing(verb.creation)Example:
He spent the day drawing in the garden.
source: wordnet30 - move or pull so as to cover or uncover something(verb.contact)Example:
Draw the shades.
Draw the curtains.
source: wordnet30 - allow a draft(verb.stative)Example:
This chimney draws very well.
source: wordnet30 - require a specified depth for floating(verb.stative)Example:
This boat draws 70 inches.
source: wordnet30 - pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him(verb.social)Example:
In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes.
source: wordnet30 - cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)(verb.contact)Example:
The archers were drawing their bows.
source: wordnet30 - finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.(verb.competition)source: wordnet30
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die(verb.change)Example:
Draw wire.
source: wordnet30 - steep; pass through a strainer(verb.change)Example:
Draw pulp from the fruit.
source: wordnet30 - remove the entrails of(verb.change)Example:
Draw a chicken.
source: wordnet30 - flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching(verb.change)Example:
Draw steel.
source: wordnet30 - cause to localize at one point(verb.body)Example:
Draw blood and pus.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913