draw

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
COUNT IN NET NET 
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43 in 42 verses (in OT : 33 in 33 verses) (in NT : 10 in 9 verses)
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun draw has 9 senses

Verb draw has 36 senses

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OXFORD DICTIONARY
draw, v. & n.
--v. (past drew; past part. drawn)
1 tr. pull or cause to move towards or after one.
2 tr. pull (a thing) up, over, or across.
3 tr. pull (curtains etc.) open or shut.
4 tr. take (a person) aside, esp. to talk to.
5 tr. attract; bring to oneself or to something; take in (drew a deep breath; I felt drawn to her; drew my attention to the matter; draw him into conversation; the match drew large crowds).
6 intr. (foll. by at, on) suck smoke from (a cigarette, pipe, etc.).
7 tr. (also absol.) take out; remove (e.g. a tooth, a gun from a holster, etc.).
8 tr. obtain or take from a source (draw a salary; draw inspiration; drew {pound}100 from my account).
9 tr. trace (a line, mark, furrow, or figure).
10 a tr. produce (a picture) by tracing lines and marks. b tr. represent (a thing) by this means. c absol. make a drawing.
11 tr. (also absol.) finish (a contest or game) with neither side winning.
12 intr. make one's or its way, proceed, move, come (drew near the bridge; draw to a close; the second horse drew level; drew ahead of the field; the time draws near).
13 tr. infer, deduce (a conclusion).
14 tr. a elicit, evoke. b bring about, entail (draw criticism; draw ruin upon oneself). c induce (a person) to reveal facts, feelings, or talent (refused to be drawn). d (foll. by to + infin.) induce (a person) to do something. e Cards cause to be played (drew all the trumps).
15 tr. haul up (water) from a well.
16 tr. bring out (liquid from a vessel or blood from a wound).
17 tr. extract a liquid essence from.
18 intr. (of a chimney or pipe) promote or allow a draught.
19 intr. (of tea) infuse.
20 a tr. obtain by lot (drew the winner). b absol. draw lots.
21 intr. (foll. by on) make a demand on a person, a person's skill, memory, imagination, etc.
22 tr. write out (a bill, cheque, or draft) (drew a cheque on the bank).
23 tr. frame (a document) in due form, compose.
24 tr. formulate or perceive (a comparison or distinction).
25 tr. (of a ship) require (a specified depth of water) to float in.
26 tr. disembowel (hang, draw, and quarter; draw the fowl before cooking it).
27 tr. Hunting search (cover) for game.
28 tr. drag (a badger or fox) from a hole.
29 tr. a protract, stretch, elongate (long-drawn agony). b make (wire) by pulling a piece of metal through successively smaller holes.
30 tr. a Golf drive (the ball) to the left (or, of a left-handed player, the right) esp. purposely. b Bowls cause (a bowl) to travel in a curve to the desired point.
31 intr. (of a sail) swell tightly in the wind.
--n.
1 an act of drawing.
2 a a person or thing that draws custom, attention, etc. b the power to attract attention.
3 the drawing of lots, esp. a raffle.
4 a drawn game.
5 a suck on a cigarette etc.
6 the act of removing a gun from its holster in order to shoot (quick on the draw).
7 strain, pull.
8 US the movable part of a drawbridge.

Idiom
draw back withdraw from an undertaking. draw a bead on see BEAD. draw bit = draw rein. draw a blank see BLANK. draw bridle = draw rein. draw a person's fire attract hostility, criticism, etc., away from a more important target. draw in
1 a (of successive days) become shorter because of the changing seasons. b (of a day) approach its end. c (of successive evenings or nights) start earlier because of the changing seasons.
2 persuade to join, entice.
3 (of a train etc.) arrive at a station. draw in one's horns become less assertive or ambitious; draw back. draw the line at set a limit (of tolerance etc.) at. draw lots see LOT. draw off withdraw (troops).
draw on
1 approach, come near.
2 lead to, bring about.
3 allure.
4 put (gloves, boots, etc.) on. draw out 1 prolong.
2 elicit.
3 induce to talk.
4 (of successive days) become longer because of the changing seasons.
5 (of a train etc.) leave a station etc.
6 write out in proper form.
7 lead out, detach, or array (troops). draw rein see REIN. draw-sheet a sheet that can be taken from under a patient without remaking the bed. draw-string a string that can be pulled to tighten the mouth of a bag, the waist of a garment, etc. draw stumps Cricket take the stumps out of the ground at the close of play. draw one's sword against attack.
draw up
1 compose or draft (a document etc.).
2 bring or come into regular order.
3 come to a halt.
4 make (oneself) stiffly erect.
5 (foll. by with, to) gain on or overtake. draw-well a deep well with a rope and a bucket. quick on the draw quick to act or react.
Etymology
OE dragan f. Gmc
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THESAURUS

draw

Tweedledum and Tweedledee, abbreviate, abysm, abyss, accept, acquire, act on, adduct, adduction, admit, advance, affinity, allowance, allure, allurement, amount to, appeal, approach, argue into, arrange, arrive, arroyo, assume, attendance, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, avulse, bag, bait, bait the hook, balance, be magnetic, be seized of, bear upon, bewitch, blandish, bleed, box canyon, box office, breach, break, break even, breathe in, bring, bring around, bring forth, bring out, bring to life, broach, bulge, cajole, call, canyon, capillarity, capillary attraction, captivate, capture, cartoon, catch, catch a likeness, cavity, centripetal force, chain-smoke, chalk, chap, character, characterize, charcoal, charm, chart, chasm, chaw, check, chew, chimney, chink, choose, circumscribe, cleft, cleuch, clough, coarct, coax, coeval, coexistent, col, collect, color, come by, come close, come in for, come into, come near, come to, come up to, compact, compile, compose, compress, concentrate, conclude, concomitant, condense, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contemporary, continue, contract, contrive, convince, copy, corral, correspond, coulee, couloir, crack, cramp, cranny, crayon, create, crevasse, crevice, crosshatch, curtail, cut, cut out, cwm, dash off, daub, dead heat, deadlock, deadwood, decant, decoy, decrease, deduce, defile, delineate, dell, depart, depend on, depict, deploy, deracinate, derive, derive from, describe, design, devise, diagram, dig out, dig up, dike, disentangle, ditch, ditto, donga, doodle, dope, draft, draft off, drag, drag down, drag out, draggle, drain, drain off, drain out, draw back, draw from, draw in, draw nigh, draw off, draw on, draw out, draw together, draw towards, draw up, drawing power, dredge, dredge up, earn, edge, educe, elicit, elongate, employ, empty, enchant, ensnare, enter into possession, entice, enticement, equal, eradicate, even, even break, even off, evoke, evolve, evulse, excavate, excavation, excise, exert influence, exhaust, exploit, express, exsect, extend, extract, extricate, fair shake, fall back on, fascinate, fault, fetch, fissure, flaw, flirt, flirt with, flume, formulate, fracture, frame, frequence, frequenting, furrow, gain, gap, gape, gash, gather, get, get cozy with, get out, give the come-on, give words to, go away, gorge, gouge out, gravitation, gravity, groove, grub up, gulch, gulf, gully, hale, halt, handicap, harvest, hatch, haul, have, have an attraction, have coming in, head start, heave, hit off, hole, incision, inhale, inhale snuff, inspire, inveigle, joint, keep pace with, kloof, knit, knot, knotted score, lead on, leak, leave, lengthen, lengthen out, let, let blood, let out, limn, lobby, lobby through, lug, lure, magnet, magnetism, magnetize, make, make advances, make overtures, make up to, make use of, map, marshal, match, match up with, measure up to, milk, mine, moat, mutual attraction, narrow, near, neck-and-neck race, net, notate, notch, nullah, number present, obtain, odds, offer bait to, opening, order, outline, paint, paint a picture, parallel, pass, passage, paunch, pencil, persuade, phlebotomize, photo finish, pick, pick out, picture, picturize, pipette, pluck out, pluck up, portray, position, pour, prepare, print, procure, produce, prolong, prolongate, prompt, protract, pucker, pucker up, puff, pull, pull down, pull in, pull out, pull strings, pull towards, pull up, pulling power, pump, pump out, purse, put together, quarry, rake out, rank, ravine, reach, reap, receive, recoil, reduce, register, rely on, remove, render, rent, represent, resort to, retreat, rift, rime, rip out, rival, root out, root up, rope in, rub, run abreast, run to, rupture, sack, schematize, scissure, score, scratch, scumble, seam, secure, seduce, seduction, select, set forth, shade, shorten, shrink from, siphon, siphon off, sketch, slit, slot, smoke, snake, solidify, spin out, split, stack up with, stalemate, standoff, standstill, start, stencil, stop, strain, strangle, strangulate, stretch, stretch out, string out, suck, suck in, suck out, symbolize, sympathy, take, take a rubbing, take in, take in tow, take on, take out, take over, take snuff, tap, tauten, tear out, tense, the same, tie, tighten, tint, touch, tow, trace, trace out, trace over, traction, trail, train, trawl, trench, troll, tug, turnout, unearth, unravel, unsheathe, uproot, use, valley, vantage, venesect, void, wadi, weed out, wile, win, win over, wire-pull, withdraw, woo, work on, wrest out, wrinkle, write
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ROGET THESAURUS

draw

Motive

VB induce, move, draw, draw on, bring in its train, give an impulse, to, inspire, put up to, prompt, call up, attract, beckon, stimulate, spirit up, inspirit, rouse, arouse, animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate, act upon, work upon, operate upon, encourage, pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder, influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate, lead by the nose, have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon, go round, come round one, turn the head, magnetize, lobby, persuade, prevail with, prevail upon, overcome, carry, bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses, draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over, procure, enlist, engage, invite, court, tempt, seduce, overpersuade, entice, allure, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, carry away, charm, conciliate, wheedle, coax, lure, inveigle, tantalize, cajole, tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook, enforce, force, impel, propel, whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge, egg on, hound, hurry on, drag, exhort, advise, call upon, press, advocate, set an example, set the fashion, keep in countenance, be persuaded, yield to temptation, come round, concede, obey a call, follow advice, follow the bent, follow the dictates of, act on principle.

Equality

N equality, parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise, evenness, monotony, level, equivalence, equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance, par, quits, a wash, not a pin to choose, distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other, tweedle dee and tweedle dum, identity, similarity, equalization, equation, equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment, readjustment, drawn game, drawn battle, neck and neck race, tie, draw, standoff, dead heat, match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother, equivalent, equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate, on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with, up to the mark, equiparant, equivalent, tantamount, indistinguishable, quits, homologous, synonymous, resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less, much the same as, the same thing as, as good as, all one, all the same, equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced, equalized, drawn, half and half, isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical, isobath, isobathic, equally, pari passu, ad eundum, caeteris paribus, in equilibrio, to all intents and purposes, it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing, what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gande.

Acquisition

VB acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather, collect, pick, pickup, glean, find, come upon, pitch upon, light upon, scrape up, scrape together, get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure, derive, draw, get in the harvest, profit, make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit, turn to profit, turn to account, make capital out of, make money by, obtain a return, reap the fruits of, reap an advantage, gain an advantage, turn a penny, turn an honest penny, make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill, make money, coin money, raise money, raise funds, raise the wind, fill one's pocket, treasure up, realize, clear, produce, take, get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own, come by, come in for, receive, inherit, step into a fortune, step into the shoes of, succeed to, get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at, take possession, come into possession, enter into possession, be profitable, pay, answer, accrue.

Taking

VB take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.

Money

VB amount to, come to, mount up to, touch the pocket, draw, draw upon, indorse, issue, utter, discount, back, demonetize, remonetize, fiscalize, monetize, circulate, be in circulation, be out of circulation, mint (coins), coin, print (paper currency), inflate, deflate, debase, devalue, revalue, circulate, put in circulation, withdraw from circulation, exchange currencies, change money, charge interest, pay interest, lose interest.

Traction

VB draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train, take in tow, wrench, jerk, twitch, touse, yank.

Attraction

VB attract, draw, draw towards, pull towards, drag towards, adduce.

Extraction

VB extract, draw, take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out, wring from, wrench, extort, root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out, eradicate, pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots, averruncate, unroot, uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge, remove, educe, elicit, evolve, extricate, eliminate, eviscerate, express, squeeze out, press out.


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