Drew vs. Draw

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  • Draw (verb)

    To move or develop something.

  • Draw (verb)

    To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.

  • Draw (verb)

    To deduce or infer.

    “He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.”

  • Draw (verb)

    (of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.

    “Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for three minutes before pouring.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, etc.

    “to draw money from a bank”

  • Draw (verb)

    To take into the lungs; to inhale.

  • Draw (verb)

    To move; to come or go.

    “We drew back from the cliff edge.”

    “The runners drew level with each other as they approached the finish line.”

    “Draw near to the fire and I will tell you a tale.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.

  • Draw (verb)

    To withdraw.

  • Draw (verb)

    To exert or experience force.

  • Draw (verb)

    To draw up (a document).

    “to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange”

  • Draw (verb)

    To drag, pull.

  • Draw (verb)

    To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling.

    “This horse draws well.”

    “A ship’s sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).

    “They drew their swords and fought each other.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To undergo the action of pulling or dragging.

    “The carriage draws easily.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To pull back the bowstring and its arrow in preparation for shooting.

  • Draw (verb)

    (of curtains, etc.) To close.

    “You should draw the curtains at night.”

  • Draw (verb)

    (of curtains, etc.) To open.

    “She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To remove or separate or displace.

  • Draw (verb)

    To take the top card of a deck into hand.

    “At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood.

    “draw water from a well;”

    “draw water for a bath;”

    “the wound drew blood”

  • Draw (verb)

    To drain by emptying; to suck dry.

  • Draw (verb)

    To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.

  • Draw (verb)

    To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.

    “A ship draws ten feet of water.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To work as an epispastic; said of a blister, poultice, etc.

  • Draw (verb)

    To have a draught; to transmit smoke, gases, etc.

    “A chimney or flue draws.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To change in size or shape.

  • Draw (verb)

    To consume, for example, power.

    “The circuit draws three hundred watts.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch.

    “to draw a mass of metal into wire”

  • Draw (verb)

    To attract or be attracted.

  • Draw (verb)

    To become contracted; to shrink.

  • Draw (verb)

    To attract.

    “The citizens were afraid the casino would draw an undesirable element to their town.”

    “I was drawn to her.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To induce a reticent person to speak.

    “He refused to be drawn on the subject”

  • Draw (verb)

    To search for game.

  • Draw (verb)

    To cause.

  • Draw (verb)

    (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.

    “She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To disembowel.

    “He will be hanged, drawn and quartered.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).

    “We drew last time we played.”

    “I drew him last time I played him.”

    “I drew my last game against him.”

  • Draw (verb)

    A random selection process.

  • Draw (verb)

    To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.

  • Draw (verb)

    To select by the drawing of lots.

    “The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To win in a lottery or similar game of chance.

    “He drew a prize.”

  • Draw (verb)

    To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.

  • Draw (verb)

    To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.

  • Draw (verb)

    To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.

  • Draw (verb)

    To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

  • Draw (noun)

    The has won; a tie.

    “The game ended in a draw.”

  • Draw (noun)

    The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.

    “The draw is on Saturday.”

  • Draw (noun)

    Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.

  • Draw (noun)

    The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out. Different from a tie.

  • Draw (noun)

    A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.

  • Draw (noun)

    A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.

  • Draw (noun)

    A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.

  • Draw (noun)

    Cannabis.

  • Draw (noun)

    In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.

  • Draw (noun)

    A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.

  • Draw (noun)

    The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.

  • Draw (noun)

    The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

Wiktionary
  • Draw (verb)

    produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

    “he drew a map”

  • Draw (verb)

    produce an image of (someone or something) by making lines and marks on paper

    “I asked her to draw me”

    “you’re at art college, you must be able to draw”

  • Draw (verb)

    trace or produce (a line or mark) on a surface

    “she drew a wavering line down the board”

  • Draw (verb)

    pull or drag (something such as a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind

    “a cart drawn by two horses”

  • Draw (verb)

    pull or move (something) in a specified direction

    “I drew back the blanket and uncovered the body”

  • Draw (verb)

    gently pull or guide (someone) in a specified direction

    “‘David,’ she whispered, drawing him aside”

  • Draw (verb)

    move somewhere in a slow steady way

    “the train drew in to the station”

  • Draw (verb)

    come to or arrive at a point in time or in a process

    “the campaign drew to a close”

  • Draw (verb)

    pull (curtains) shut or open

    “do you want me to draw the curtains?”

  • Draw (verb)

    make (wire) by pulling a piece of metal through successively smaller holes.

  • Draw (verb)

    extract (an object) from a container or receptacle

    “he drew his gun and peered into the gloomy apartment”

  • Draw (verb)

    take or obtain (liquid) from a container or receptacle

    “he drew off a pint of bitter”

    “a wheel was built to draw water from the well”

  • Draw (verb)

    run (a bath)

    “I would have been drawing his bath”

  • Draw (verb)

    obtain something from (a particular source)

    “an independent panel of judges drawn from members of the public”

  • Draw (verb)

    select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

    “she drew a ticket and announced the number but no one claimed it”

  • Draw (verb)

    use (one’s experience, talents, or skills) as a resource

    “Sue has a lot of past experience to draw on”

  • Draw (verb)

    obtain or withdraw (money) from a bank or other source

    “now I just draw out a spending allowance every week”

  • Draw (verb)

    search (cover) for game

    “many a time she had seen the hounds draw such a covert”

  • Draw (verb)

    (of the declarer) force the defenders to play (cards in a particular suit) by leading cards in that suit

    “before establishing his diamonds, declarer must draw trumps”

  • Draw (verb)

    suck smoke from (a cigarette or pipe)

    “she drew heavily on her cigarette”

  • Draw (verb)

    (of a chimney, flue, or fire) allow air to flow in and upwards freely, so that a fire can burn

    “failure of a fire to draw properly can have a number of causes”

  • Draw (verb)

    take in (a breath)

    “Mrs Feather drew a long breath”

  • Draw (verb)

    (of tea) be left standing so that the flavour is extracted from the leaves

    “a pot of tea is allowed to draw”

  • Draw (verb)

    disembowel

    “after a mockery of a trial he was hanged, drawn, and quartered”

  • Draw (verb)

    be the cause of (a specified response)

    “he drew criticism for his lavish spending”

  • Draw (verb)

    attract (someone) to come to a place or an event

    “you really drew the crowds with your playing”

  • Draw (verb)

    induce (someone) to reveal or do something

    “he refused to be drawn on what would happen”

  • Draw (verb)

    direct or attract (someone’s attention) to something

    “it was an outrage and we had to draw people’s attention to it”

    “a bright red instantly draws the eye”

  • Draw (verb)

    reach (a conclusion) by deduction or inference from a set of circumstances

    “the moral to be drawn is that spending wins votes”

  • Draw (verb)

    formulate or perceive (a comparison or distinction)

    “the law drew a clear distinction between innocent and fraudulent misrepresentation”

  • Draw (verb)

    select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

    “she drew a ticket and announced the number but no one claimed it”

  • Draw (verb)

    finish (a contest or game) with an even score

    “they drew 0–0 in 1974”

    “Brazil had drawn a stormy match 1–1”

  • Draw (verb)

    (in bowls) cause (a bowl) to travel in a curve determined by its bias to the desired point.

  • Draw (verb)

    hit (the ball) so that it deviates slightly, usually as a result of spin

    “he had to learn to draw the ball—not least for the tee shots at Augusta”

  • Draw (verb)

    (of a ship) require (a specified depth of water) to float in

    “boats that draw only a few inches of water”

  • Draw (verb)

    (of a sail) be filled with wind

    “as the sail drew, he put the helm over to circle back”

  • Draw (noun)

    an act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

    “the draw has been made for this year’s tournament”

  • Draw (noun)

    a game or contest that ends with the score even

    “he scored twice to force a 4–4 draw”

  • Draw (noun)

    a game which is left incomplete for lack of time, regardless of the scores.

  • Draw (noun)

    a person or thing that is very attractive or interesting

    “the museum has turned out to be a big draw for school children in the city”

  • Draw (noun)

    an act of drawing on a cigarette or cigar

    “she took a long draw on her cigarette”

  • Draw (noun)

    cannabis

    “they’re dropping Es and smoking draw”

  • Draw (noun)

    an act of pulling a gun from its holster in order to shoot

    “he went for the quick draw and levelled a long-barrelled pistol at all of us”

  • Draw (noun)

    a shot causing the ball to deviate slightly

    “most high handicappers would benefit from a controlled draw”

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