(~s, ~ing, drew, ~n)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
When you ~, or when you ~ something, you use a pencil or pen to produce a picture, pattern, or diagram.
She would sit there ~ing with the pencil stub...
Draw a rough design for a logo...
= sketch
VERB: V, V n
~ing
I like dancing, singing and ~ing.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
When a vehicle ~s somewhere, it moves there smoothly and steadily.
Claire had seen the taxi ~ing away...
VERB: V adv/prep
3.
If you ~ somewhere, you move there slowly. (WRITTEN)
She drew away and did not smile...
When we drew level, he neither slowed down nor accelerated.
VERB: V adv/prep, V adj
4.
If you ~ something or someone in a particular direction, you move them in that direction, usually by pulling them gently. (WRITTEN)
He drew his chair nearer the fire...
He put his arm around Caroline’s shoulders and drew her close to him...
Wilson drew me aside after an interview.
= pull
VERB: V n prep, V n adj, V n with adv
5.
When you ~ a curtain or blind, you pull it across a window, either to cover or to uncover it.
After ~ing the curtains, she lit a candle...
Mother was lying on her bed, with the blinds ~n.
VERB: V n, V-ed
6.
If someone ~s a gun, knife, or other weapon, they pull it out of its container and threaten you with it.
He drew his dagger and turned to face his pursuers.
= take out
VERB: V n
7.
If an animal or vehicle ~s something such as a cart, carriage, or another vehicle, it pulls it along.
...a slow-moving tractor, ~ing a trailer.
VERB: V n
8.
If you ~ a deep breath, you breathe in deeply once.
He paused, ~ing a deep breath.
VERB: V n
9.
If you ~ on a cigarette, you breathe the smoke from it into your mouth or lungs.
He drew on an American cigarette...
Her cheeks hollowed as she drew smoke into her lungs.
VERB: V on n, V n into n
10.
To ~ something such as water or energy from a particular source means to take it from that source.
Villagers still have to ~ their water from wells.
VERB: V n from n
11.
If something that hits you or presses part of your body ~s blood, it cuts your skin so that it bleeds.
Any practice that ~s blood could increase the risk of getting the virus.
VERB: V n
12.
If you ~ money out of a bank, building society, or savings account, you get it from the account so that you can use it.
She was ~ing out cash from a cash machine...
Companies could not ~ money from bank accounts as cash.
VERB: V n with out , V n from n
13.
If you ~ a salary or a sum of money, you receive a sum of money regularly.
For the first few years I didn’t ~ any salary at all...
VERB: V n
14.
To ~ something means to choose it or to be given it, as part of a competition, game, or lottery.
We delved through a sackful of letters to ~ the winning name...
VERB: V n
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Draw is also a noun.
...the ~ for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.
N-COUNT
15.
A ~ is a competition where people pay money for numbered or named tickets, then some of those tickets are chosen, and the owners are given prizes.
N-COUNT
16.
To ~ something from a particular thing or place means to take or get it from that thing or place.
I ~ strength from the millions of women who have faced this challenge successfully...
VERB: V n from n
17.
If you ~ a particular conclusion, you decide that that conclusion is true.
He ~s two conclusions from this...
He says he cannot yet ~ any conclusions about the murders.
VERB: V n from n, V n
18.
If you ~ a comparison, parallel, or distinction, you compare or contrast two different ideas, systems, or other things.
...literary critics ~ing comparisons between George Sand and George Eliot...
VERB: V n
19.
If you ~ someone’s attention to something, you make them aware of it or make them think about it.
He was waving his arms to ~ their attention...
He just wants to ~ attention to the plight of the unemployed.
VERB: V n, V n to n
20.
If someone or something ~s a particular reaction, people react to it in that way.
Such a policy would inevitably ~ fierce resistance from farmers.
...an official tour to South Africa which drew angry political reactions.
VERB: V n from n, V n
21.
If something such as a film or an event ~s a lot of people, it is so interesting or entertaining that a lot of people go to it.
The game is currently ~ing huge crowds.
VERB: V n
22.
If someone or something ~s you, it attracts you very strongly.
He drew and enthralled her...
What drew him to the area was its proximity to central London.
VERB: V n, V n to n
23.
If someone will not be ~n or refuses to be ~n, they will not reply to questions in the way that you want them to, or will not reveal information or their opinion. (mainly BRIT)
The ambassador would not be ~n on questions of a political nature...
‘Did he say why?’—‘No, he refuses to be ~n.’
VERB: with brd-neg, usu passive, be V-ed on n, be V-ed
24.
In a game or competition, if one person or team ~s with another one, or if two people or teams ~, they have the same number of points or goals at the end of the game. (mainly BRIT)
Holland and the Republic of Ireland drew one-one...
We drew with Ireland in the first game...
Egypt drew two of their matches in Italy.
= tie
V-RECIP: pl-n V num, V with/against n, V n (non-recip)
•
Draw is also a noun. (in AM, usually use tie )
We were happy to come away with a ~ against Sweden.
N-COUNT
25.
see also ~ing
26.
When an event or period of time ~s to a close or ~s to an end, it finishes.
Another celebration had ~n to its close.
PHRASE: V inflects
27.
If an event or period of time is ~ing closer or is ~ing nearer, it is approaching.
And all the time next spring’s elections are ~ing closer...
PHRASE: V inflects
28.
to ~ a blank: see blank
to ~ the line: see line
to ~ lots: see lot