English word
Draw
Definitions
verb
- to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull
- such as
- inhale
- to extract the essence from
- eviscerate
- to derive to one's benefit
- to require (a specified depth) to float innautical
- accumulate, gain
- to take (money) from a place of deposit
- to use in making a cash demand
- to receive regularly or in due course
- to take (cards) from a stack or from the dealercard games
- to move (something, such as a covering) over or to one side
- to receive or take at random
- to bend (a bow) by pulling back the stringarchery
- to cause to shrink, contract, or tighten
- to strike (a ball) so as to impart a backward spin
- to strike (a ball) so that a slight to moderate hook (see hook entry 1 sense 3) resultsgolf
- to leave (a contest) undecided : tie
- to produce a likeness or representation of by making lines on a surface
- to give a portrayal of : delineate
- to write out in due form
- to design or describe in detail : formulate
- to pull up or out of a receptacle or place where seated or carried
- to infer from evidence or premises
- to cause to come out of a container or sourcealso
- to spread or elongate (metal) by hammering or by pulling through dies
- to shape (a material, such as plastic) by stretching or by pulling through diesalso
- to come or go steadily or gradually
- to move something by pulling
- to exert an attractive force
- to pull back a bowstringarchery
- to bring out a weapon
- to produce a draft
- to swell out in a windnautical
- to wrinkle or tighten up : shrink
- to cause to go in a certain direction (as by leading)
- to change shape by pulling or stretching
- to cause blood or pus to localize at one pointmedical
- to create a likeness or a picture in outlines : sketch
- to come out even in a contest
- to make a written demand for payment of money on deposit
- to obtain resources (as of information)
- to bring by inducement or allure : attract
- to bring in or gather from a specified group or area
- bring on, provoke
- to bring out by way of response : elicit
- to receive in the course of playsports
Synonyms for draw
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- picture
- sketch
- tie