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draw
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- pronunciation:
- draw
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- draw out, draw up
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
draws, drawing, drew, drawn |
| definition 1: |
to move by pulling or dragging.
The donkey was drawing a heavy-laden cart.- synonyms:
- pull
- similar words:
- drag, hale, haul, lug, tow, tug
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| definition 2: |
to remove by taking out.
Draw a ticket from the hat.She drew water from the tap.- synonyms:
- remove
- similar words:
- extract, pick, pull, sap, take, tap, withdraw
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| definition 3: |
to attract or elicit.
He draws a lot of attention.- synonyms:
- attract, elicit, pull
- similar words:
- appeal, beckon, catch, educe, engage, evoke, incite, invite, provoke
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| definition 4: |
to portray with a pen or pencil.
She drew a picture.
- synonyms:
- limn, picture, trace
- similar words:
- cartoon, delineate, depict, figure, portray, rough out, sketch
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| definition 5: |
to take out, as from an account.
- synonyms:
- withdraw
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| definition 6: |
to receive, as interest.
- synonyms:
- earn
- similar words:
- receive
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| definition 7: |
to make taut.
- synonyms:
- constrict, tighten
- similar words:
- contract, stretch
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| definition 8: |
to inhale.
He drew his last breath.- synonyms:
- inhale, inspire
- similar words:
- breathe
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| definition 9: |
to infer.
Draw your own conclusions.- synonyms:
- conclude, deduce, derive, gather, infer
- similar words:
- reason
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| definition 10: |
to eviscerate.
He drew the chicken before cooking it.- synonyms:
- eviscerate, gut
- similar words:
- clean, disembowel, dress
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| definition 11: |
to pick or be dealt (a playing card).
- similar words:
- pick, select, take
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| related words: |
bait, describe, diagram, drain, force, gather, illustrate, image, line, outline, picture, pluck, represent, strain, tempt, trace |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause something to be pulled, as smoke through a chimney.
- synonyms:
- pull
- similar words:
- attract, suck
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| definition 2: |
to move in a certain (specified) direction, esp. in approach or departure.
The car drew away from us quickly.We pulled off to the side of the road as the ambulance drew near.The crowd drew closer, hoping to hear what had happened.- synonyms:
- approach, head, move
- similar words:
- advance, come, edge, gravitate, near, proceed, pull
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| definition 3: |
to portray something with a pen or pencil; sketch.
- synonyms:
- cartoon, sketch
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| definition 4: |
to make a demand (fol. by "on").
He drew on his inner strength.- similar words:
- fall back on, use
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| related words: |
pull, stand |
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| phrase: |
draw out, draw up |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of drawing.
- synonyms:
- pull
- similar words:
- appeal, suction, traction
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| definition 2: |
something that draws an audience; attraction.
- synonyms:
- attraction, feature
- similar words:
- appeal, call, come-on, inducement, lure, magnetism, performance, presentation, show
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| definition 3: |
something that is randomly chosen or received.
the luck of the draw- synonyms:
- fate, lot
- similar words:
- fortune, luck
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| definition 4: |
a game or contest that ends in a tie.
- synonyms:
- dead heat, tie
- similar words:
- stalemate, standoff
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| related words: |
bait, charm, deadlock, pull, tie, tug |
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| derivation: |
drawable (adj.) |
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