verb draws, drawing, drew, drawn 1. to cause (a person or thing) to move towards or away by pulling
2. to bring, take, or pull (something) out, as from a drawer, holster, etc
3. (transitive) to extract or pull or take out: to draw teeth, to draw a card from a pack
4. (transitive) often foll by off. to take (liquid) out of a cask, keg, tank, etc, by means of a tap
5. (intransitive) to move, go, or proceed, esp in a specified direction: to draw alongside
6. (transitive) to attract or elicit: to draw a crowd, draw attention
7. (transitive) to cause to flow: to draw blood
8. to depict or sketch (a form, figure, picture, etc) in lines, as with a pencil or pen, esp without the use of colour; delineate
9. (transitive) to make, formulate, or derive: to draw conclusions, comparisons, parallels
10. (transitive) to write (a legal document) in proper form
11. (transitive) sometimes foll by in. to suck or take in (air, liquid, etc): to draw a breath
12. (intransitive) to induce or allow a draught to carry off air, smoke, etc: the flue draws well
13. (transitive) to take or receive from a source: to draw money from the bank
14. (transitive) to earn: draw interest
15. (transitive) (finance) to write out (a bill of exchange or promissory note): to draw a cheque
16. (transitive) to choose at random: to draw lots
17. (transitive) to reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
18. (transitive) to shape (a sheet of metal or glass) by rolling, by pulling it through a die or by stretching
19. (archery) to bend (a bow) by pulling the string
20. to steep (tea) or (of tea) to steep in boiling water
21. (transitive) to disembowel: draw a chicken
22. (transitive) to cause (pus, blood, etc) to discharge from an abscess or wound
23. (intransitive) (of two teams, contestants, etc) to finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc; tie
24. (transitive) (bridge, whist) to keep leading a suit in order to force out (all outstanding cards)
25. (bridge, whist) draw trumps, to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
26. (transitive) (billiards) to cause (the cue ball) to spin back after a direct impact with another ball by applying backspin when making the stroke
27. (transitive) to search (a place) in order to find wild animals, game, etc, for hunting
28. (golf) to cause (a golf ball) to move with a controlled right-to-left trajectory or (of a golf ball) to veer gradually from right to left
29. (transitive) (curling) to deliver (the stone) gently
30. (transitive) (nautical) (of a vessel) to require (a certain depth) in which to float
31. draw a blank, to get no results from something
32. draw and quarter, to disembowel and dismember (a person) after hanging
33. (cricket) draw stumps, to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
34. draw the line, See line1 (sense 51)
36. (bowls) draw the shot, to deliver the bowl in such a way that it approaches the jack
noun 38. (US) a sum of money advanced to finance anticipated expenses
39. an event, occasion, act, etc, that attracts a large audience
41. something taken or chosen at random, as a ticket in a raffle or lottery
42. a contest or game ending in a tie
43. (US & Canadian) a small natural drainage way or gully
44. a defect found in metal castings due to the contraction of the metal on solidification