All Definitions for Draw
Below are all the dictionary definitions of draw:
1Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
2To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
3To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
4Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
5To drag (something), especially along the ground.
6To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
7To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.
8Also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
9Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
10To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
11To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink
12Also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.
13To distort.
14(billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
15(bowls) To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
16(curling) To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
17(golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
18(nautical) Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
19To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow
20Also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
21To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
22To haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast
23Also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
24To carry (a load) in a vehicle
25To cart, to haul.
26To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
27Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
28(bowls) Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
29(curling) To make a shot that lands in the house.
30(nautical) Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
31To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow
32Also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
33Senses relating to attracting.
34To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
35To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action
36Also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
37To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
38To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
39To cause (something) to occur as a consequence
40To bring about.
41Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
42To receive (a particular prison sentence).
43To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs
44To breathe in, to inhale.
45To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
46To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
47To attract or influence a person or group of people
48To be an inducement or enticement.
49To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one
50To swig.
51Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
52Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
53Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together
54To assemble, to congregate, to gather.
55Senses relating to extending or protracting.
56To make (something) larger or longer
57To elongate, to stretch.
58Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
59To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures
60Also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
61To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
62To be made larger or longer
63To be elongated or stretched.
64To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
65Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
66Senses relating to extracting or selecting.
67To pull (something) out
68To extract, to remove.
69To extract (a tooth)
70To pull.
71To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
72To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
73To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase
74To infuse, to steep.
75To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.
76To unsheathe.
77To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap
78To tap.
79To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
80To soak up (a liquid, etc.)
81To absorb
82Specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
83Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
84To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
85To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
86To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment
87Also, to select (someone) by this process
88To win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
89To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
90To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven)
91To empty.
92To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath)
93To run (a bath).
94To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
95To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck
96Also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
97To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
98To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
99To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
100In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
101To take milk from (a cow)
102To milk.
103To consume (power).
104To obtain, elicit.
105To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information
106To derive.
107To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
108To deduce or infer (a conclusion)
109To make (a deduction).
110To receive (a salary)
111To withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
112To elicit information from (someone)
113To induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
114To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
115To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
116To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
117To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase
118To infuse, to steep
119Also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
120Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath
121To be run.
122Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
123Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
124To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
125To take a domino from the stock.
126To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw
127To tie.
128Senses relating to moving or travelling.
129To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
130To come to, towards (a particular moment in time)
131To approach (a time).
132Senses relating to depicting or representing.
133To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
134To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
135To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things
136To compare
137To contrast, to distinguish.
138Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
139Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
140To depict (something) linguistically
141To portray (something) in words
142To describe.
143To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
144To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument
145To make a drawing or drawings.
146That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
147The act of drawing:
148The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
149The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
150The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing
151The distance the strings are pulled back.
152The result of drawing:
153The result of a contest that neither side has won.
154The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
155That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
156In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
157Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
158The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
159A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
160A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones
161Cf. takeout.
162A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
163A bag of cannabis.
164Cannabis.
165A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
166The stall from which a horse begins the race.
167(archaic) To cause (someone or something) to go from one place to another, or from one condition to another.
168(archaic) To construct (a canal, wall, etc.) from one point to another.
169(cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat
170Also, to hit (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.
171To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
172To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions
173Also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
174To hoist (a sail).
175To sew together (the edges of a tear)
176Also, to mend (a hole or tear) in fabric.
177To use (a draught animal) to pull a plough or vehicle.
178(figurative) To attribute (something) to a person or thing
179To ascribe.
180(figurative) To change (something) into another thing
181To convert, to transform.
182(figurative) To convert (a passage) from one literary style to another (for example, from prose to verse)
183Or to translate (a text) from one language to another.
184(figurative) To direct (one's heart, thoughts, etc.) in a certain way or towards someone or something.
185(figurative) To give (courage, strength, etc.) to oneself
186To summon up
187Also, to produce (evil, wickedness, etc.) in oneself.
188(figurative) To give (words) a certain meaning, especially one which is distorted
189To distort, to misrepresent.
190(figurative, cooking) Followed by through: to pass (food) through a strainer.
191(figurative, cooking) To mix (an ingredient) with another ingredient or ingredients to form a liquid or paste
192To mix (ingredients) together to form a liquid or paste.
193Especially of a draught animal: to pull something, such as a plough or vehicle, along
194To have force to move something by pulling.
195Of a plough or vehicle: to be pulled along in a specified manner.
196To become contracted
197To shrink.
198To work together towards a common aim
199To cooperate, to pull together
200Also, to have a good relationship with
201To get on with.
202To be dragged along
203To drag.
204To pull at something
205To tug.
206To drag or suck deeply on (a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement).
207To amount to (a certain quantity or sum).
208To extend the duration of (something)
209To prolong.
210To stretch (someone) on a rack as a form of punishment or torture.
211To amount to a certain quantity or sum.
212To extend in area or space
213To spread, to stretch.
214Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
215To attract (humours, pus, etc.), chiefly by bringing to the surface of the body, so it can be dispersed or removed
216Also, to treat (a wound) in this way.
217To withdraw (something)
218Specifically (gambling), to withdraw (a bet or wager)
219Also (horse racing), to withdraw (a horse) from a race.
220(UK, regional, agriculture, horticulture) Of a plant or its roots: to deplete (soil) of nutrients.
221To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
222(agriculture) To separate (seeds) from the husks of clover or trefoil
223Also, to separate seeds from the husks of (clover or trefoil).
224(cricket, rare) To take (a wicket).
225(falconry) To remove (a hawk) from a mew after it has moulted.
226(thieves' cant) To steal (something) from a person, especially by picking a pocket
227Also to pick the pocket of (someone)
228To steal from (a place).
229To treat a wound by attracting humours, pus, etc., chiefly by bringing such material to the surface of the body, so it can be dispersed or removed.
230To take alcoholic beverages from casks or kegs in an inn or tavern
231To work as a drawer or barman.
232(falconry) To remove a hawk from a mew after it has moulted.
233To move in a specific direction.
234To search for game
235To track a quarry.
236To arrange or devise (something)
237To contrive.
238To produce (a three-dimensional figure of something)
239To model, to mould, to sculpt.