noun the act of drawing; draught.
2. draw ·noun a drawn game or battle, ·etc.
3. draw ·vt to remove the contents of.
4. draw ·noun a lot or chance to be drawn.
5. draw ·vt to select by the drawing of lots.
6. draw ·vt to withdraw.
7. draw ·vt to drain by emptying; to suck dry.
8. draw ·vt to pull from a sheath, as a sword.
9. draw ·vi to unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.
10. draw ·add. ·vt to throw up (the stone) gently.
11. draw ·add. ·noun a drawn battle, game, or the like.
12. draw ·vi to sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
13. draw ·vi to become contracted; to shrink.
14. draw ·add. ·noun that which is drawn or is subject to drawing.
15. draw ·vi to draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.
xvi. draw ·add. ·noun the result of drawing, or state of being drawn;.
xvii. draw ·vt to trace by scent; to track;
a hunting term.
xviii. draw ·vi to exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.
xix. draw ·add. ·vt to leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn.
xx. draw ·add. ·noun the spin or twist imparted to a ball, or the like, by a drawing stroke.
xxi. draw ·vi to admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.
xxii. draw ·vi to have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism;
said of a blister, poultice, ·etc.
xxiii. draw ·vi to have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, ·etc.
xxiv. draw ·vi to make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due;
usually with on or upon.
xxv. draw ·vt to write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.
xxvi. draw ·add. ·vt to hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
xxvii. draw ·vt to extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
xxviii. draw ·vi to perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.
xxix. draw ·vt to extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.
xxx. draw ·vt to take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank.
xxxi. draw ·vt to obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
xxxii. draw ·vt to require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating;
said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water.
xxxiii. draw ·add. ·vt 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.
xxxiv. draw ·noun that part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. ·see the note under drawbridge.
xxxv. draw ·add. ·vt 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.
xxxvi. draw ·vt to extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
xxxvii. draw ·vi to pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well.
xxxviii. draw ·vt to run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.
xxxix. draw ·vt to take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.
xl. draw ·vt to cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.
xli. draw ·vt to represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe.
xlii. draw ·vt to influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.
xliii. draw ·vt to take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize.
xliv. draw ·vt to cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) to bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, ·etc.
xlv. draw ·vi to move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self;
with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, ·esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.