DRAW


Meaning of DRAW in English

I.

noun (esp. BrE )

ADJECTIVE

▪ goalless , scoreless

▪ one-all , three-three , etc.

▪ creditable , honorable

▪ disappointing

▪ consecutive , successive

Hull City were held to a second successive ~.

VERB + DRAW

▪ end in

The game ended in a two-all ~.

▪ earn , get , secure , snatch

▪ force , hold sb to

San Marino held them to a goalless ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ against , ~ with

their 1–1 ~ with United

II.

verb

1 make pictures

ADVERB

▪ accurately , beautifully , carefully , clearly , well

a beautifully drawn picture

He ~s very well.

▪ badly , crudely , quickly , roughly

a crudely drawn child's face

2 pull

ADVERB

▪ half , partly

The blinds were partly drawn.

▪ back

She drew back the curtains and let the sunlight in.

▪ aside , to one side

I tried to ~ him aside so I could talk to him in private.

▪ away

He approached her but she drew away.

▪ up

She sat with her legs drawn up on the sofa.

▪ out

The ducts ~ out stale air.

▪ together ( figurative )

The project enables students to ~ together their skills and experience.

▪ randomly

We drew names randomly out of a hat.

PREPOSITION

▪ onto

She drew me onto the balcony

▪ out of

He drew the cork out of the bottle.

▪ to

I drew my chair up to the fire.

▪ towards/toward

3 attract

ADVERB

▪ immediately

▪ inevitably , inexorably , irresistibly

Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.

▪ instinctively

Animals are instinctively drawn to those who like them.

▪ increasingly

He was increasingly drawn to the idea of making short films.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

The plan has drawn interest from local businessmen.

▪ to

We asked the surfing champion what first drew him to the sport.

PHRASAL VERBS

draw on/upon sth

ADVERB

▪ heavily

The novelist ~s heavily on her personal experiences.

draw sth up

ADVERB

▪ professionally , properly

Make sure the contract is properly drawn up.

Draw is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ artist , ↑ chimney , ↑ footstep

Draw is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ admiration , ↑ analogy , ↑ angle , ↑ applause , ↑ arrow , ↑ attention , ↑ audience , ↑ bath , ↑ baton , ↑ beer , ↑ benefit , ↑ blade , ↑ blind , ↑ blood , ↑ border , ↑ boundary , ↑ bow , ↑ breath , ↑ caricature , ↑ cart , ↑ cartoon , ↑ character , ↑ cheque , ↑ chuckle , ↑ circle , ↑ cloak , ↑ comfort , ↑ comment , ↑ comparison , ↑ conclusion , ↑ condemnation , ↑ connection , ↑ consolation , ↑ contrast , ↑ criticism , ↑ cross , ↑ crowd , ↑ curtain , ↑ customer , ↑ dagger , ↑ diagram , ↑ distinction , ↑ district , ↑ dole , ↑ drape , ↑ encouragement , ↑ example , ↑ finger , ↑ fire , ↑ foul , ↑ game , ↑ glance , ↑ graph , ↑ gun , ↑ idea , ↑ immigrant , ↑ implication , ↑ inference , ↑ inspiration , ↑ interest , ↑ knife , ↑ laugh , ↑ laughter , ↑ lesson , ↑ likeness , ↑ line , ↑ map , ↑ match , ↑ moisture , ↑ moral , ↑ nourishment , ↑ opposition , ↑ outline , ↑ parallel , ↑ pension , ↑ picture , ↑ pint , ↑ pistol , ↑ plan , ↑ plough , ↑ portrait , ↑ praise , ↑ raffle , ↑ rebuke , ↑ response , ↑ retort , ↑ revolver , ↑ salary , ↑ sample , ↑ shade , ↑ shape , ↑ shawl , ↑ shopper , ↑ sign , ↑ sketch , ↑ spectator , ↑ strength , ↑ support , ↑ suspicion , ↑ sword , ↑ tourist , ↑ traffic , ↑ triangle , ↑ truncheon , ↑ veil , ↑ viewer , ↑ visitor , ↑ wagon , ↑ weapon , ↑ wrath

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