draw
draw is a 4-letter English word with 81 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To pull from a sheath, as a sword.
- transitive verb. To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
- transitive verb. To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize.
- transitive verb. To select by the drawing of lots.
- transitive verb. To remove the contents of
- transitive verb. To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
- transitive verb. To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.
- transitive verb. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.
- transitive verb. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To withdraw.
- transitive verb. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.
- intransitive verb. To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.
- intransitive verb. To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc.
- intransitive verb. To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.
- intransitive verb. To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.
- intransitive verb. To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.
- intransitive verb. To become contracted; to shrink.
- intransitive verb. 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, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.
- intransitive verb. To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon.
- intransitive verb. To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.
- intransitive verb. To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
- noun. The act of drawing; draught.
- noun. A lot or chance to be drawn.
- noun. A drawn game or battle, etc.
- noun. 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.
- noun. the act of drawing or hauling something
"the haul up the hill went very slowly"
- noun. poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
"he played only draw and stud"
- noun. (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. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
"he took lessons to cure his hooking"
- noun. a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
"he got a pair of kings in the draw"
- noun. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
"the luck of the draw"
"they drew lots for it"
- noun. the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
"the game ended in a draw"
"their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie"
- noun. a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- noun. an entertainer who attracts large audiences
"he was the biggest drawing card they had"
- verb. cause to localize at one point
"Draw blood and pus"
- verb. flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
"draw steel"
- verb. remove the entrails of
"draw a chicken"
- verb. steep; pass through a strainer
"draw pulp from the fruit"
- verb. reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
"draw wire"
- verb. contract
"The material drew after it was washed in hot water"
- verb. bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
"She was drawn to despair"
"The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"
- verb. select or take in from a given group or region
"The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population"
- verb. make, formulate, or derive in the mind
"I draw a line here"
"draw a conclusion"
- verb. give a description of
"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
- verb. choose at random
"draw a card"
"cast lots"
- verb. finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
"The teams drew a tie"
- verb. suck in or take (air)
"draw a deep breath"
"draw on a cigarette"
- verb. pass over, across, or through
"He ran his eyes over her body"
"She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"
- verb. move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
"draw the shades"
"draw the curtains"
- verb. stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
"The archers were drawing their bows"
- verb. thread on or as if on a string
"string pearls on a string"
"the child drew glass beads on a string"
- verb. cause to move by pulling
"draw a wagon"
"pull a sled"
- verb. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
"Her good looks attract the stares of many men"
"The ad pulled in many potential customers"
- verb. take in, also metaphorically
"The sponge absorbs water well"
"She drew strength from the minister's words"
- verb. make a mark or lines on a surface
"draw a line"
"trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
- verb. earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
"He drew a base on balls"
- verb. engage in drawing
"He spent the day drawing in the garden"
- verb. represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
"She drew an elephant"
"Draw me a horse"
- verb. write a legal document or paper
"The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"
- verb. elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
"The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"
"The comedian drew a lot of laughter"
- verb. take liquid out of a container or well
"She drew water from the barrel"
- verb. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
"draw a weapon"
"pull out a gun"
- verb. move or go steadily or gradually
"The ship drew near the shore"
- verb. cause to flow
"The nurse drew blood"
- verb. cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
"A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
- verb. get or derive
"He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
- verb. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
"She drew $2,000 from the account"
"The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
- verb. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
- verb. require a specified depth for floating
"This boat draws 70 inches"
- verb. allow a draft
"This chimney draws very well"
Synonyms
haul, haulage, hook, hooking, lot, standoff, tie, attracter, attraction, attractor, disembowel, eviscerate, make, depict, describe, cast, drag, puff, guide, pass, run, string, thread, force
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in draw:
Common word forms
draws, drawer, drawly, drawing, drawable
Words from these letters
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