English Explanatory Dictionary

draw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
  2. To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
  3. To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
  4. Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
  5. To drag (something), especially along the ground.
  6. To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
  7. To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
  8. Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
  9. To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
  10. To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
  11. To cause (someone or something) to go from one place to another, or from one condition to another.
  12. To construct (a canal, wall, etc.) from one point to another.
intj
  1. Pull back your bowstring in preparation to shoot.
noun
  1. That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
  2. The act of drawing:
  3. The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
  4. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
  5. The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
  6. The result of drawing:
  7. The result of a contest that neither side has won.
  8. The 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).
  9. That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
  10. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
  11. Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
  12. The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

Pronunciation

/dɹɑ/ /dɹɔ/ [d͡ʒɹɔ] [d͡ʒɹɔɹ] /dɹɔː/ [dɹoː(‿ɹ)] /ˈdɹo/ En-us-draw.ogg En-uk-to draw.ogg En-au-draw.ogg

Word forms

draw draws drawing drew drawn no-table-tags glossary drawest drewest draweth

Etymology

The verb is derived from Middle English drauen, drawen, draȝen, dragen (“to drag, pull; to draw (out); to attract; to entice, lure; to lead; to make a drawing; to move, travel; etc.”), from Old English dragan (“to drag, draw”), from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry; to haul”), from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to carry; to pull, draw”); further etymology uncertain, often said to be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw”), but possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate root which is also the source of Latin trahō (“to pull, draw; etc.”). Doublet of drag and draught. The noun is derived from Middle English drau, draue (“action of shooting with a bow”), from drauen, drawen (verb). cognates * Albanian dredh (“to turn, spin”) * Danish drage * Dutch dragen * German tragen (“to carry”) * Old Armenian դառնամ (daṙnam, “to turn”) * Sanskrit ध्रजस् (dhrájas, “gliding course or motion”) * West Frisian drage

Synonyms

tug yank attract draw hale heave lug pull schlep haul drag attach impute lay accredit ascribe attribute chalk up to charge put down to repose shift transfigure convert develop evolve metamorphize metamorphose reconvert transfigurate transform transmogrify transmute transume bring convince procure bring round convict gain over persuade pimp prevail upon push suade talk around talk over wash with win over allure evoke induce rouse abet actuate goose light a fire under send sting bring about

Derived words

adraw at daggers drawn bedraw box-drawing character cold-drawn counterdraw deep-draw deep drawing dogdraw downdraw draw a bath draw a bead on drawability draw a blank drawable draw ahead drawal draw a line draw a line in the sand draw a line under draw a long bow draw and quarter draw a parallel draw a sober breath draw a sponge over the slate draw a straight furrow draw attention draw a veil over draw away draw back drawback drawbar drawbench draw blank draw blood drawbolt drawbore drawboy draw breath drawbridge draw bridle drawcord draw cuts draw dead drawee drawer drawfile draw filing draw fire drawgear drawhead draw hoe drawhook draw in drawing drawing card drawing frame drawing hand drawing knife drawing pin

Translations

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