Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti
Proto-Germanic *draganą
Proto-West Germanic *dragan
Old English dragan
Middle English drawen
English draw
The verb is derived from Middle English dragen, draghen, draue, drauen, drauhen, drawe, drawen, draȝe, draȝen, draȝhenn (“to drag, pull; to draw (out); to attract; to entice, lure; to lead; to make a drawing; to move, travel; etc.”), from Old English dragan (“to drag, draw”), from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, haul”), from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to carry, draw, pull”); further etymology uncertain, often said to be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull, run”), but possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate root which is also the source of Latin trahō (“to pull, draw; etc.”). Doublet of drag and draught.
The noun is derived from Middle English drau, draue (“action of shooting with a bow”), from drauen, drawen (verb).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian drai, dreeg, dreege (“to carry; to wear”), West Frisian drage (“to carry”), Central Franconian draan, drage, droon (“to bear, carry”), Dutch dragen (“to carry; to wear; to transfer”), German tragen (“to bear, carry; to wear; to support”), Low German dregen (“to carry, take”), Luxembourgish droen (“to carry; to hold, support; to wear; to travel; to fruit”), Yiddish טראָגן (trogn, “to carry, to wear; to be pregnant”), Zealandic draege, draoge (“to carry”), Danish drage (“to draw”), Elfdalian drågå (“to drag, draw, pull”), Faroese and Icelandic draga (“to drag, draw, pull”), Gutnish dräga (“to pull”), Norwegian Bokmål dra, drage (“to drag, draw, pull”), Norwegian Nynorsk dra, draga, drage, drågå, dråggå (“to drag, pull; to leave”), Swedish dra, draga (“to draw, pull; to consume; to leave; to run; to steep”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (dragan, “to carry, draw, pull”); also Old Irish droch (“wheel; circlet”), Latin tragō, trahō (“to drag, pull; to trail; to extract; to plunder; to draw out; to protract; to consider, ponder, weigh”), Greek τρέχω (trécho, “to run; to flee; to flow; to execute”), Russian дро́га (dróga, “rail or perch in a cart”), Armenian դուրգ (durg, “to potter’s wheel”).
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti
Proto-Germanic *draganą
Proto-West Germanic *dragan
Old English dragan
Middle English drawen
English draw
The verb is derived from Middle English dragen, draghen, draue, drauen, drauhen, drawe, drawen, draȝe, draȝen, draȝhenn (“to drag, pull; to draw (out); to attract; to entice, lure; to lead; to make a drawing; to move, travel; etc.”), from Old English dragan (“to drag, draw”), from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, haul”), from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to carry, draw, pull”); further etymology uncertain, often said to be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull, run”), but possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate root which is also the source of Latin trahō (“to pull, draw; etc.”). Doublet of drag and draught.
The noun is derived from Middle English drau, draue (“action of shooting with a bow”), from drauen, drawen (verb).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian drai, dreeg, dreege (“to carry; to wear”), West Frisian drage (“to carry”), Central Franconian draan, drage, droon (“to bear, carry”), Dutch dragen (“to carry; to wear; to transfer”), German tragen (“to bear, carry; to wear; to support”), Low German dregen (“to carry, take”), Luxembourgish droen (“to carry; to hold, support; to wear; to travel; to fruit”), Yiddish טראָגן (trogn, “to carry, to wear; to be pregnant”), Zealandic draege, draoge (“to carry”), Danish drage (“to draw”), Elfdalian drågå (“to drag, draw, pull”), Faroese and Icelandic draga (“to drag, draw, pull”), Gutnish dräga (“to pull”), Norwegian Bokmål dra, drage (“to drag, draw, pull”), Norwegian Nynorsk dra, draga, drage, drågå, dråggå (“to drag, pull; to leave”), Swedish dra, draga (“to draw, pull; to consume; to leave; to run; to steep”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (dragan, “to carry, draw, pull”); also Old Irish droch (“wheel; circlet”), Latin tragō, trahō (“to drag, pull; to trail; to extract; to plunder; to draw out; to protract; to consider, ponder, weigh”), Greek τρέχω (trécho, “to run; to flee; to flow; to execute”), Russian дро́га (dróga, “rail or perch in a cart”), Armenian դուրգ (durg, “to potter’s wheel”).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
At the mountain’s base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. It has never been a big tourist draw, but in the decade since territorial control returned to China, this quintessentially Hong Kong neighborhood has had many more visitors — and important changes. 2007 June 24, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “Hong Kong Is Reshaped by Mainlanders”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015, Asia Pacific:
After It, Clara became one of the top box-office draws in Hollywood, but her popularity was short lived. 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
(countable, uncountable) The act of drawing: ▸ The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
the Wild West's quick-draw champion
(countable, uncountable) The act of drawing: ▸ The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw. 2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, in BBC:
The draw is on Saturday.
(countable, uncountable) The act of drawing: ▸ The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
This configuration offered the capacity for an exceptionally long draw – Manchu archers drew all the way back to the point of the right shoulder[…] 2016 August 25, Mike Loades, The Composite Bow, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 21:
(countable, uncountable) The result of drawing: ▸ The result of a contest that neither side has won.
The game ended in a draw.
(countable, uncountable) The result of drawing: ▸ The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
(countable, uncountable) That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
They're going to take away our draw! (referring to e.g. disability assistance)
(countable, uncountable) That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account). ▸ In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
(countable, uncountable) Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
She looked in [to the stove] and a tight, dismayed gasp escaped her. She slammed the door shut and adjusted the draw with trembling fingers. For a moment—just a moment—she had seen her old friend Annabelle Frane in the coals. 1981, Stephen King, Do the Dead Sing?:
(countable, uncountable) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
(countable, uncountable) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
(countable, uncountable) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
(countable, uncountable) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
The garden, curiously enough, was a quarter of a mile from the house, and the way to it led up a shallow draw past the cattle corral. 1918, Willa Cather, My Ántonia, paperback edition, Mirado Modern Classics, page 15:
(countable, slang) A bag of cannabis.
I'm twenty-something young with my priorities straight / I need to buy a booze and I need to buy a draw 2025, “Young”, performed by Little Simz:
So my friends and I would all chip in money to get a bag of weed or a draw. 2011, Yvonne Ellis, Daughter, Arise: A Journey from Devastation to Restoration, page 54:
(slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
Selling draw to your mates but it's really Oxo cubes. 2003, “Soap Bar”, in The Manifesto, performed by Goldie Looking Chain:
Mick spoke to Simon, who was more of a drinker. He said that people who smoked draw were boring. 2017, Michael Coleman, Old Skool Rave, page 139:
(countable, uncountable) 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.
The player to your left immediately raises you the minimum by clicking the raise button. This action immediately suggests that he's on a draw 2007, Ryan Wiseman, Earn $30,000 Per Month Playing Online Poker: A Step-By-Step Guide to Single, page 82:
(countable, uncountable) The stall from which a horse begins the race.
stalemate (the result of a contest in which neither side has won) · dry creek (dry stream bed that drains water during periods of heavy precipitation) · arroyo (dry stream bed that drains water during periods of heavy precipitation) · wadi (dry stream bed that drains water during periods of heavy precipitation) · tie · wash (dry stream bed that drains water during periods of heavy precipitation)
Translations (95)
bg те́глене (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · cs remíza (tie as a result of a game) · de Hasch (colloquial: cannabis) · hu döntetlen (tie as a result of a game) · pt empate (tie as a result of a game) · sw sare (tie as a result of a game) · da remis (tie as a result of a game) · mi haupārua (tie as a result of a game) · es empate (tie as a result of a game) · de Ziehung (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · fi palkkioennakko (advance on future commissions) · fi joenpohja (geography: dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding) · fr match nul (tie as a result of a game) · sv dragning (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · sh нерешена (tie as a result of a game) · pt sorteio (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · de Unentschieden (tie as a result of a game) · es empatadura (tie as a result of a game) · ja 引き分け (tie as a result of a game) · fr remise (tie as a result of a game) · nl trekking (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · ar تَعَادُل (tie as a result of a game) · be нічыя́ (tie as a result of a game) · bg атракция (something that attracts e.g. a crowd) · ko 동점 (tie as a result of a game) · fi draw (golf: shot that curves intentionally) · sh нерешен (tie as a result of a game) · el ισοπαλία (tie as a result of a game) · mi ōrite (tie as a result of a game) · ro remiză (tie as a result of a game) · ro tragere (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · ro egalitate (tie as a result of a game) · nb uavgjort (tie as a result of a game) · fi tasapeli (tie as a result of a game) · de Kassenmagnet (something that attracts e.g. a crowd) · az püşkatma (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · ar قُرْعَة (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · pl remis (tie as a result of a game) · tr beraberlik (tie as a result of a game) · ms seri (tie as a result of a game) · it sorteggio (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · eu adoste (tie as a result of a game) · cmn 平局 (tie as a result of a game) · sh nerešeno (tie as a result of a game) · ru ро́зыгрыш (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · is jafntefli (tie as a result of a game) · cmn 和局 (tie as a result of a game) · tr kura (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · it pareggio (tie as a result of a game) · ru ничья́ (tie as a result of a game) · fo javnleikur (tie as a result of a game) · pl losowanie (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · az çöpatma (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · bg ра́венство (tie as a result of a game) · hy ոչ-ոքի (tie as a result of a game) · de Remis (tie as a result of a game) · sv oavgjort (tie as a result of a game) · sh nerešen (tie as a result of a game) · ru жеребьёвка (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · tr ad çekme (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · lv neizšķirts (tie as a result of a game) · da lodtrækning (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · et viik (tie as a result of a game) · he תֵּיקוּ (tie as a result of a game) · es proyecto (poker: a situation where a player has four out of the five cards for a straight or flush) · fr égalité (tie as a result of a game) · eo egalvenko (tie as a result of a game) · et suurveesäng (geography: dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding) · bg трева (colloquial: cannabis) · sw droo (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · fi arvonta (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · fr tirage (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · sh nerešena (tie as a result of a game) · de Anziehungskraft (something that attracts e.g. a crowd) · az heç-heçə (tie as a result of a game) · nl gelijkspel (tie as a result of a game) · el ισοβαθμία (tie as a result of a game) · bg аванс (advance on future commissions) · ko 무승부 (tie as a result of a game) · sh нерешено (tie as a result of a game) · sv remi (tie as a result of a game) · ru ра́вный счёт (tie as a result of a game) · el κλήρωση (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · nb loddtrekning (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · de Wadi (geography: dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding) · es tirón (something that attracts e.g. a crowd) · fi ennakko (advance on future commissions) · et loos (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · uk нічия́ (tie as a result of a game) · it riffa (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · ka ფრე (tie as a result of a game) · tr çekiliş (procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) · bg коз (colloquial: cannabis) · fi hasa (colloquial: cannabis) · ka ყაიმი (tie as a result of a game)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti
Proto-Germanic *draganą
Proto-West Germanic *dragan
Old English dragan
Middle English drawen
English draw
The verb is derived from Middle English dragen, draghen, draue, drauen, drauhen, drawe, drawen, draȝe, draȝen, draȝhenn (“to drag, pull; to draw (out); to attract; to entice, lure; to lead; to make a drawing; to move, travel; etc.”), from Old English dragan (“to drag, draw”), from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, haul”), from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to carry, draw, pull”); further etymology uncertain, often said to be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull, run”), but possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate root which is also the source of Latin trahō (“to pull, draw; etc.”). Doublet of drag and draught.
The noun is derived from Middle English drau, draue (“action of shooting with a bow”), from drauen, drawen (verb).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian drai, dreeg, dreege (“to carry; to wear”), West Frisian drage (“to carry”), Central Franconian draan, drage, droon (“to bear, carry”), Dutch dragen (“to carry; to wear; to transfer”), German tragen (“to bear, carry; to wear; to support”), Low German dregen (“to carry, take”), Luxembourgish droen (“to carry; to hold, support; to wear; to travel; to fruit”), Yiddish טראָגן (trogn, “to carry, to wear; to be pregnant”), Zealandic draege, draoge (“to carry”), Danish drage (“to draw”), Elfdalian drågå (“to drag, draw, pull”), Faroese and Icelandic draga (“to drag, draw, pull”), Gutnish dräga (“to pull”), Norwegian Bokmål dra, drage (“to drag, draw, pull”), Norwegian Nynorsk dra, draga, drage, drågå, dråggå (“to drag, pull; to leave”), Swedish dra, draga (“to draw, pull; to consume; to leave; to run; to steep”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (dragan, “to carry, draw, pull”); also Old Irish droch (“wheel; circlet”), Latin tragō, trahō (“to drag, pull; to trail; to extract; to plunder; to draw out; to protract; to consider, ponder, weigh”), Greek τρέχω (trécho, “to run; to flee; to flow; to execute”), Russian дро́га (dróga, “rail or perch in a cart”), Armenian դուրգ (durg, “to potter’s wheel”).
Meanings
(formal, often, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
Lys shuddered, and I put my arm around her and drew her to me; and thus we sat throughout the hot night. She told me of her abduction and of the fright she had undergone, and together we thanked God that she had come through unharmed, because the great brute had dared not pause along the danger-infested way. 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VIII, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
He drew a sheaf of papers from his bag.
(transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
She settled in the window seat, drawing her leg up beneath her.
(transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
She took a deep breath and drew her corset-strings.
(transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To drag (something), especially along the ground.
Seals […] throw their bodies forward, drawing their hinder-parts after them. 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC:
(transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day. 1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:
She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight.
You should draw the curtains at night for privacy.
(transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
(transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
(reflexive, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
He drew himself to his full height and glowered at the interloper.
(figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
How long her face is drawn! 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
(archaic, figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To cause (someone or something) to go from one place to another, or from one condition to another.
(archaic, figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To construct (a canal, wall, etc.) from one point to another.
the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People:
(figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
(figuratively, qualifier:bowls, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
(archaic, figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (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.
(figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
(figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
[…] the golfer thinks, “Ah! To draw the ball, I must be like the old pros and incorporate hand action through impact, twisting the clubhead to the left.” All you have to do to apply the spin needed to draw the ball left is to create a very small conflict between the clubface aim and the path the clubhead is traveling. 2013, Nick Bradley, Kinetic Golf:
(figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
This ship draws ten feet of water.
(historical, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
And if any manner of perſon attempted to moue the King to infringe any parte of thys ordynaunce, and that being knowne, for the firſt time, he ſhould be depriued of his goodes and poſſeſſions, and for the ſecond time, to be drawen thorough the Citie, and ſo put to execution as an arrant traytor. 1569, Richard Grafton, “Richarde the Seconde”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 351:
(historical, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
(transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
(transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation.
(transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat.
(archaic, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To hoist (a sail).
(UK, regional, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul.
(obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To sew together (the edges of a tear); also, to mend (a hole or tear) in fabric.
(obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To use (a draught animal) to pull a plough or vehicle.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To attribute (something) to a person or thing; to ascribe.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To change (something) into another thing; to convert, to transform.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To convert (a passage) from one literary style to another (for example, from prose to verse); or to translate (a text) from one language to another.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To direct (one's heart, thoughts, etc.) in a certain way or towards someone or something.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To give (courage, strength, etc.) to oneself; to summon up; also, to produce (evil, wickedness, etc.) in oneself.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To give (words) a certain meaning, especially one which is distorted; to distort, to misrepresent.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ Followed by through: to pass (food) through a strainer.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To mix (an ingredient) with another ingredient or ingredients to form a liquid or paste; to mix (ingredients) together to form a liquid or paste.
(intransitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner.
(intransitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed.
(figuratively, intransitive, qualifier:bowls) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place.
(figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To make a shot that lands in the house.
(figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in.
Greater hulks draw deep. c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
(archaic, intransitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ Especially of a draught animal: to pull something, such as a plough or vehicle, along; to have force to move something by pulling.
This horse draws well.
(archaic, intransitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ Of a plough or vehicle: to be pulled along in a specified manner.
The carriage draws easily.
(archaic, intransitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To become contracted; to shrink.
water[…] will shrink or draw into less room 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
(intransitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
(Scotland, archaic, figuratively, intransitive) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To work together towards a common aim; to cooperate, to pull together; also, to have a good relationship with; to get on with.
(intransitive, obsolete) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To be dragged along; to drag.
(intransitive, obsolete) Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. ▸ To pull at something; to tug.
[…] No rogue e'er felt the halter [i.e., the hangman's noose] draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
(transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
From the moment she entered the room, all eyes were drawn to her.
His mind was drawn back to the events of the preceding morning.
Handsignalmen, where needed, ought to wear a conspicuous orange/yellow cape (like many road workmen) to draw attention to them. 1964 April, “Letters: Rethinking emergency procedures”, in Modern Railways, page 274:
(transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action.
The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
(transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism.
These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […] 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
Keep a watch upon the particular bias which nature has fixed in their minds, that it may not draw too much. 1711 August 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, July 27, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 128; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
(transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone.
The president’s comments have drawn strong criticism from right-wing media outlets.
(transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about.
In a desperately tight opening set, the pace and accuracy of the Serbian's groundstrokes began to draw errors from the usually faultless Nadal and earned him the first break point of the day at 5-4. 2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, in BBC Sport:
(transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself.
(transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To receive (a particular prison sentence).
(transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale.
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. […] She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
I drew a deep breath and wiped my brow.
So always look on the bright side of death, / Just before you draw your terminal breath. 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life:
(transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc.
(archaic, transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To drag or suck deeply on (a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement).
(transitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally.
(intransitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement.
(intransitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig.
(intransitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur.
The chimney won’t draw properly if it’s clogged up with soot.
(intransitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
(intransitive) Senses relating to attracting. ▸ Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather.
(transitive) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch.
The dough was run through the pasta machine and drawn into a long ribbon.
(transitive) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering.
(transitive) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire.
to draw a mass of metal into wire
(transitive) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
(obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ To amount to (a certain quantity or sum).
(obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ To extend the duration of (something); to prolong.
(obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ To stretch (someone) on a rack as a form of punishment or torture.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut.
The ship’s sail drew when the wind blew strongly.
Then he stepped the mast and, with the stick that was his gaff and with his boom rigged, the patched sail drew, the boat began to move, and half lying in the stern he sailed south-west. 1952 September 1, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 97:
(intransitive, obsolete) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ To amount to a certain quantity or sum.
(intransitive, obsolete) Senses relating to extending or protracting. ▸ To extend in area or space; to spread, to stretch.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To extract (a tooth); to pull.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process.
Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves. 1705, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed:
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device.
The cat scratched her, drawing blood.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe.
Pensak made an inarticulate shout of surprise, and O stepped away from the sudden precipice so hard that she collided with the back of the elevator, and yelped. Both of them drew their weapons, as they were trained to do when confronted with the unknown, and there was something almost touchingly naïve about that. About drawing down on a featureless void. 2024 September 8, HarryBlank, “Next to Nothing”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024:
They drew their swords and fought each other.
Matthew Garth woulda let Tom Dunstan drill him insteada drawin’ against him. 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 16:
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping.
to draw water from a well using a bucket
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.).
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away.
(historical, transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking.
In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. 1709, William King, The Art of Cookery:
(archaic, transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To attract (humours, pus, etc.), chiefly by bringing to the surface of the body, so it can be dispersed or removed; also, to treat (a wound) in this way.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. ▸ To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw.
In the drawing of lots, my sister drew her own room, and I drew Master B.'s. 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn. 1784, Edward Augustus Freeman, An essay on parliamentary representation, and the magistracies of our boroughs royal: […]:
The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.
Well, he was up in Wyoming / And drew a bull no man could ride / He promised her he'd turn out / Well, it turned out that he lied 1995, Garth Brooks, Dan Roberts, Bryan Kennedy, “The Beaches of Cheyenne”, in Fresh Horses, performed by Garth Brooks:
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery).
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath).
(archaic, transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To withdraw (something); specifically (gambling), to withdraw (a bet or wager); also (horse racing), to withdraw (a horse) from a race.
Go, wash thy face, and draw thy action. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
(UK, archaic, regional, transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ Of a plant or its roots: to deplete (soil) of nutrients.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water).
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry.
“Gave us a jolly good run. Viewed him across Gamley Heath, drew Meddington Big Wood, and then we lost him. Daddy was livid.” 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 65:
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw.
The game is won when a player places any of his pieces on the same square with his opponent's Princess, or when a Chief takes a Chief. It is drawn when a Chief is taken by any opposing piece other than the opposing Chief;[…] 1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010:
I drew my last game against him.
(transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw. ▸ In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes.
(historical, transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections.
(Northern, Scotland, transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To take milk from (a cow); to milk.
(obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To separate (seeds) from the husks of clover or trefoil; also, to separate seeds from the husks of (clover or trefoil).
(obsolete, rare, transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To take (a wicket).
(obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To remove (a hawk) from a mew after it has moulted.
(obsolete, qualifier:thieves' cant, transitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To steal (something) from a person, especially by picking a pocket; also to pick the pocket of (someone); to steal from (a place).
(qualifier:analogous) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To consume (power).
The circuit draws three hundred watts.
Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To obtain, elicit. ▸ To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
She draws her subject matter from the events of her own life.
[Chappell] Roan draws from the mega-pop of the 2010s, from Lady Gaga to Taylor Swift – then laces it with sexually frank asides and lavish doses of camp, and performs it with a maximalist, absurd aesthetic indebted to drag, John Waters and Freddie Mercury. 2024 August 9, Laura Snapes, “It’s a femininomenon! How Chappell Roan slow-burned her way to stardom”, in The Guardian:
He drew comfort from the thought that he was not the first to suffer this way.
Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To obtain, elicit. ▸ To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
I had thought, sir, to have held my peace until / You have drawn oaths from him not to stay. c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To obtain, elicit. ▸ To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history. 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.
Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To obtain, elicit. ▸ To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
to draw money from a bank
Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To obtain, elicit. ▸ To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
He refused to be drawn on the subject
(intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 4:11:
(intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.
She made a pot of very strong tea, and while she was waiting for it to draw she opened the kitchen door to inspect her garden. 1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 119:
"There's your tay set for you an' drawin' nicely this minute, Miss Ethel," called old Bridget from the hall. 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 207:
Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for more than two minutes before pouring.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate.
(archaic, intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To treat a wound by attracting humours, pus, etc., chiefly by bringing such material to the surface of the body, so it can be dispersed or removed.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck.
Jill has four diamonds; she’ll try to draw for a flush.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To take a domino from the stock.
(intransitive) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie.
We drew the last time we played.
(intransitive, obsolete) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To take alcoholic beverages from casks or kegs in an inn or tavern; to work as a drawer or barman.
(intransitive, obsolete) Senses relating to extracting or selecting. ▸ To remove a hawk from a mew after it has moulted.
(archaic, reflexive) Senses relating to moving or travelling. ▸ To move in a specific direction.
She thought she heard a noise in her chamber, and she drew herself within the casement. 1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho:
(intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) Senses relating to moving or travelling. ▸ To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
Draw near to the fire and I will tell you a tale.
The runners drew level with each other as they approached the finish line.
The end of the world draws near.
Heavy clouds drew together above our heads.
Senses relating to moving or travelling. ▸ To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
As the war drew to its end, it became evident that repairs and rebuilding in the heavily blitzed Greater London area would be so extensive as to afford opportunity for effective large-scale planning. 1962 October, “The Victoria Line was only part of the plan”, in Modern Railways, page 258:
As it drew towards evening, I packed up and headed for home.
(archaic) Senses relating to moving or travelling. ▸ To search for game; to track a quarry.
On one of my expeditions, after a stormy night, at the end of March, the hounds drew all day without finding a fox. 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 87:
(transitive) Senses relating to depicting or representing. ▸ To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument.
Can I untouch'd the Fair ones Paſſions move? / Or Thou draw Beauty, and not feel it's Pow'r? 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “To Mr. Howard: An Ode”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, stanza I, page 70:
A flattering painter, vvho made it his care / To dravv men as they ought to be, not as they are. 1774, [Oliver] Goldsmith, Retaliation: A Poem. […], new (2nd) edition, London: […] G[eorge] Kearsly, […], →OCLC, page 10:
He had drawn a mural on the wall of his apartment.
Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter III, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
(transitive) Senses relating to depicting or representing. ▸ To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces.
(transitive) Senses relating to depicting or representing. ▸ To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish.
(transitive) Senses relating to depicting or representing. ▸ Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money.
(transitive) Senses relating to depicting or representing. ▸ Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document).
Clerk, draw a deed of gift. c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange
(figuratively, transitive) Senses relating to depicting or representing. ▸ To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe.
Her first novel contained a host of characters who were richly and convincingly drawn.
(transitive) Senses relating to depicting or representing. ▸ To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil.
(obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to depicting or representing. ▸ To arrange or devise (something); to contrive.
(obsolete, transitive) Senses relating to depicting or representing. ▸ To produce (a three-dimensional figure of something); to model, to mould, to sculpt.
(intransitive) Senses relating to depicting or representing. ▸ To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
When I came in she was drawing on a big piece of coloured paper.
de aufdecken (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · de brauchen (to consume) · de erregen (to attract) · cv ӳкер (to produce a picture) · la subdūcō (to pull out, unsheath) · eo eltiri (to pull out, unsheath) · pl narysować (to produce a picture) · ko 비기다 (to end a game with neither side winning) · fi päättyä tasapeliin (to end a game with neither side winning) · ee ta (to produce a picture) · de ziehen (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · pl zasuwać (to close curtains etc.) · tl gumuhit (to produce a picture) · it scambiare (poker: to trade in cards) · de Gleichstand erzielen (to end a game with neither side winning) · de unentschieden spielen (to end a game with neither side winning) · nn teikne (to produce a picture) · pt comprar (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · be намалява́ць (to produce a picture) · ro trage (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · ro atrage (to attract) · hu levon (to deduce or infer) · enm drawen (to pull out, unsheath) · de malen (to produce a picture) · pt sacar (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · hy քաշել (to pull out, unsheath) · grc ἀφύσσω (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · ca empatar (to end a game with neither side winning) · de entnehmen (to determine the result of a lottery) · ro trage (to drag, pull) · de anstellen (to deduce or infer) · es sacar (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · de locken (to attract) · wa dessiner (to produce a picture) · mnc ᠵᡳᠵᡠᠮᠪᡳ (to produce a picture) · es tirar (to drag, pull) · gd deoghail (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · fi pelata tasan (to end a game with neither side winning) · de hineinziehen (to drag, pull) · fi kiskoa (to drag, pull) · cs využívat (to rely on) · bg дърпам (to close curtains etc.) · nl trekken (to pull out, unsheath) · de aufbauen auf (to deduce or infer) · ru потяну́ть (to drag, pull) · it tirare (to close curtains etc.) · de verwenden (to rely on) · ko 끌다 (to attract) · km គូររូប (to produce a picture) · ca dibuixar (to produce a picture) · fi luonnostella (to produce a picture) · yue 畫 /画 (to produce a picture) · gd tarraing (to pull out, unsheath) · sv lita på (to rely on) · alt чийер (to produce a picture) · sk kresliť (to produce a picture) · fi sulkea (to close curtains etc.) · pt tirar (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · cs využít (to rely on) · cs vyluhovat (of drinks: to leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase) · de gleichziehen (to end a game with neither side winning) · ar دَلَجَ (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · pl ciągnąć los (to determine the result of a lottery) · ro trage (to determine the result of a lottery) · tl magdrowing (to produce a picture) · fr égaliser (to end a game with neither side winning) · cs natáhnout (archery: to pull back the arrow) · et joonistama (to produce a picture) · pt puxar (archery: to pull back the arrow) · ko 그리다 (to produce a picture) · mk тр́гне (to close curtains etc.) · nl putten (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · mk цр́пи (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · km គូរ (to produce a picture) · id tarik (to rely on) · it affidarsi (to rely on) · it pareggiare (to end a game with neither side winning) · de recken (to drag, pull) · fi nostaa (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · mnc ᠨᡳᡵᡠᠮᠪᡳ (to produce a picture) · th วาด (to produce a picture) · eo egalvenki (to end a game with neither side winning) · ja 描く (to produce a picture) · ru потяну́ть (to pull out, unsheath) · mk се по́тпре (to rely on) · chr ᎠᏟᎭ (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · cs snímat (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · ta வரை (to produce a picture) · eo ĉerpi (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · da trække (to drag, pull) · de zeichnen (to produce a picture) · pt inferir (to deduce or infer) · eo dedukti (to deduce or infer) · sa कर्षति (to drag, pull) · tr çekmek (to drag, pull) · vi vạch (to produce a picture) · bo འཚག (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · cs přitahovat (to attract) · th เสมอ (to end a game with neither side winning) · lo ແຕ້ມ (to produce a picture) · fi vetäytyä (of drinks: to leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase) · id tarik (to pull out, unsheath) · be чарці́ць (to produce a picture) · hi आकर्षित करना (to attract) · cs zatáhnout (to close curtains etc.) · de blankziehen (to pull out, unsheath) · eo altiri (to attract) · sh nàcrtati (to produce a picture) · ca atreure (to attract) · sv dra (to pull out, unsheath) · cy tynnu (to produce a picture) · de spannen (archery: to pull back the arrow) · pt fechar (to close curtains etc.) · de verbrauchen (to consume) · az cızmaq (to produce a picture) · nl aantrekken (to attract) · yi ציִען (to pull out, unsheath) · mk за́клучи (to deduce or infer) · de aufziehen (to close curtains etc.) · et tõmbama (to drag, pull) · ru рисова́ть (to produce a picture) · de wegziehen (to drag, pull) · pl wyciągać wniosek (to deduce or infer) · fr attirer (to attract) · tr çizmek (to produce a picture) · fr puiser (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · ru сыгра́ть вничью́ (to end a game with neither side winning) · fr tirer (to determine the result of a lottery) · uz chizmoq (to produce a picture) · mk цр́та (to produce a picture) · de auf sich ziehen (to attract) · de skizzieren (to produce a picture) · bg дъ́рпам (to drag, pull) · sl risati (to produce a picture) · ru че́рпать (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · be начарці́ць (to produce a picture) · bg заключавам (to deduce or infer) · de verlassen auf (to rely on) · bg дърпам (to pull out, unsheath) · kk сурет салу (to produce a picture) · hu rajzol (to produce a picture) · mn зурах (to produce a picture) · es sacar (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · fi tempoa (to drag, pull) · tr çekmek (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · sv dra (to determine the result of a lottery) · bg рису́вам (to produce a picture) · cs vyvodit (to deduce or infer) · vi dựng lên (to produce a picture) · pl remisować (to end a game with neither side winning) · ru тяну́ть (to drag, pull) · ur کھینچنا (to produce a picture) · hy ձգել (to pull out, unsheath) · de schließen (to deduce or infer) · et tuletama (to deduce or infer) · ca treure (to pull out, unsheath) · et viigistama (to end a game with neither side winning) · de beziehen (to drag, pull) · eo allogi (to attract) · sh на̀цртати (to produce a picture) · tl iguhit (to produce a picture) · fi vetää (to pull out, unsheath) · hy գծել (to produce a picture) · es desenfundar (to pull out, unsheath) · es desenvainar (to pull out, unsheath) · eo desegni (to produce a picture) · az şəkil çəkmək (to produce a picture) · de von etwas zehren (to rely on) · de ableiten (to deduce or infer) · fr dégainer (to pull out, unsheath) · ky чызуу (to produce a picture) · bg нарису́вам (to produce a picture) · sq vizatoni (to produce a picture) · ota چیزمك (to produce a picture) · wa saetchî (to drag, pull) · fi kuluttaa (to consume) · be малява́ць (to produce a picture) · de abzeichnen (to produce a picture) · cs remizovat (to end a game with neither side winning) · bg изтегля (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · tl kadlo (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · mk на́црта (to produce a picture) · ota چكمك (to pull out, unsheath) · et viiki mängima (to end a game with neither side winning) · sv härleda (to deduce or infer) · ko 드리우다 (to close curtains etc.) · ar جَرَّ (to pull out, unsheath) · gd tarraing (to produce a picture) · tr çekmek (to pull out, unsheath) · es robar (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · cmn 拉 (to pull out, unsheath) · nl trekken (to determine the result of a lottery) · de beziehen (to rely on) · la abstrahō (to pull out, unsheath) · de ziehen (to pull out, unsheath) · tr çekmek (to close curtains etc.) · et loosima (to determine the result of a lottery) · fa کشیدن (to pull out, unsheath) · sv dra (to attract) · it attingere (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · tl idrowing (to produce a picture) · ca tirar (to drag, pull) · de zurückgreifen (to rely on) · es confiar (to rely on) · enm drawen (to attract) · de anknüpfen (to deduce or infer) · yi שעפּן (to rely on) · la trahō (to drag, pull) · cs vylosovat (to determine the result of a lottery) · ru тащи́ть (to pull out, unsheath) · ru потащи́ть (to drag, pull) · de hinausziehen (to drag, pull) · th ถอน (to pull out, unsheath) · de remisieren (to end a game with neither side winning) · enm drawen (to close curtains etc.) · enm drawen (to drag, pull) · ja 引き分ける (to end a game with neither side winning) · de aufzeichnen (to produce a picture) · et ligi tõmbama (to attract) · it riporre (to rely on) · es jalar (to drag, pull) · fr inférer (to deduce or infer) · as আঁক (to produce a picture) · pt empatar (to end a game with neither side winning) · it estrarre (to pull out, unsheath) · es sacar (to pull out, unsheath) · de aufmalen (to produce a picture) · fr tirer (to drag, pull) · de ernten (to attract) · mk при́влече (to attract) · yi צאַפּן (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · arz رسم (to produce a picture) · fi jännittää (archery: to pull back the arrow) · sh cȑtati (to produce a picture) · cs natahovat (archery: to pull back the arrow) · wa poujhî (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · bg примамвам (to attract) · ar سَحَبَ (to pull out, unsheath) · cs vyvozovat (to deduce or infer) · te గీయు (to produce a picture) · de auf etwas stützen (to rely on) · hi घसीटना (to drag, pull) · pt extrair (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · fi vetää kiinni (to close curtains etc.) · de ziehen (of drinks: to leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase) · it consumare (to consume) · nv bił haadeeł (to pull out, unsheath) · de durchziehen (to drag, pull) · zdj ureha (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · sh цр̏тати (to produce a picture) · de zurückziehen (archery: to pull back the arrow) · nl tekenen (to produce a picture) · de schleppen (to drag, pull) · lzz ღარუმს (to produce a picture) · de ausgleichen (to end a game with neither side winning) · cs louhovat (of drinks: to leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase) · it attrarre (to attract) · cmn 畫 /画 (to produce a picture) · zza anten (to drag, pull) · udm суреданы (to produce a picture) · ca inferir (to deduce or infer) · ca extreure (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · uk нарисува́ти (to produce a picture) · de ziehen (to consume) · ru игра́ть вничью́ (to end a game with neither side winning) · ltg zeimēt (to produce a picture) · ro desena (to produce a picture) · fur tirâ (to drag, pull) · es derivar (obtain) · fi vetää (to drag, pull) · ru начерти́ть (to produce a picture) · pt sortear (to determine the result of a lottery) · de vornehmen (to deduce or infer) · it trainare (to drag, pull) · pl rysować (to produce a picture) · cs napínat (archery: to pull back the arrow) · pt consumir (to consume) · xal зурх (to produce a picture) · io desegnar (to produce a picture) · fi hinata (to drag, pull) · de hereinziehen (to drag, pull) · ota چكمك (to drag, pull) · hu húz (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · wa tirer (to drag, pull) · et tõmbama (to attract) · nb tegne (to produce a picture) · ang dragan (to drag, pull) · pt desenhar (to produce a picture) · cs vytahovat (to pull out, unsheath) · ca confiar (to rely on) · gl debuxar (to produce a picture) · eo konkludi (to deduce or infer) · de schöpfen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · de herausziehen (to pull out, unsheath) · de abzapfen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · it attirare (to attract) · mk иско́ристи (to rely on) · de schöpfen (to rely on) · bg черпя (obtain) · de wegnehmen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · it trarre (to deduce or infer) · de erzeugen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · cmn 繪畫 /绘画 (to produce a picture) · ru нарисова́ть (to produce a picture) · cs vytáhnout (to pull out, unsheath) · fi vetää (to attract) · fi vetää (to deduce or infer) · de herunterziehen (to drag, pull) · tl igib (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · it tendere (archery: to pull back the arrow) · de schließen (to close curtains etc.) · ky сүрөт тартуу (to produce a picture) · ne चित्रकारी गर्नु (to produce a picture) · de ermitteln (to deduce or infer) · it estrarre (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · gd tarraing (to attract) · de an etwas ansetzen (to deduce or infer) · fr tirer (to deduce or infer) · de heraufziehen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · fi luottaa (to rely on) · bo འཐེན (to drag, pull) · bg изтеглям (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · fi raahata (to drag, pull) · enm drawen (to produce a picture) · bua зураха (to produce a picture) · khb ᦞᦱᧆ (to produce a picture) · ja 引く (to pull out, unsheath) · de aufnehmen (to consume) · no tiltrekke (to attract) · la trahō (to pull out, unsheath) · cmn 繪 /绘 (to produce a picture) · mk и́звлече (to pull out, unsheath) · fa رسم کردن (to produce a picture) · cs zatahovat (to close curtains etc.) · de ziehen (to rely on) · et tõmbama (to close curtains etc.) · uk малюва́ти (to produce a picture) · hy նկարել (to produce a picture) · sv rita (to produce a picture) · sv teckna (to produce a picture) · fr piocher (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · grc σπάω (to pull out, unsheath) · fi houkutella (to attract) · th ชัก (to pull out, unsheath) · zku wartanthi (to produce a picture) · ru тяну́ть жре́бий (to determine the result of a lottery) · id undi (to rely on) · bo འདྲེན (to drag, pull) · is teikna (to produce a picture) · de abheben (to drag, pull) · bo རི་མོ་འབྲི (to produce a picture) · de sich etwas bedienen (to rely on) · bg привличам (to attract) · got 𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (to drag, pull) · id hunus (to pull out, unsheath) · ru черти́ть (to produce a picture) · mk вле́че (to drag, pull) · pl polegać (to rely on) · de aufsaugen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · de ziehen (to determine the result of a lottery) · pl wyrywać (to pull out, unsheath) · akk 𒄯 (to produce a picture) · bg завършвам наравно (to end a game with neither side winning) · fr extraire (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · ru тяну́ть (to pull out, unsheath) · ru тащи́ть (to drag, pull) · it tirare (to drag, pull) · enm drawen (archery: to pull back the arrow) · khb ᦃᦲᧆᧈ (to produce a picture) · fr dessiner (to produce a picture) · hi चीतना (to produce a picture) · de abnehmen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · de extrahieren (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · fi hahmotella (to produce a picture) · la pingo (to produce a picture) · az çəkmək (to pull out, unsheath) · la vellō (to pull out, unsheath) · pt atrair (to attract) · ar رَسَمَ (to produce a picture) · sk nakresliť (to produce a picture) · de herüberziehen (to drag, pull) · yi פֿאַרמאָלן (to produce a picture) · sv dra för (to close curtains etc.) · fi arpoa (to determine the result of a lottery) · et vedama (to drag, pull) · no attrahere (to attract) · wa haetchî (to drag, pull) · de ziehen (to drag, pull) · cs spotřebovávat (to consume) · de zücken (to pull out, unsheath) · ar مَتَحَ (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · de auf etwas zurückgreifen (to rely on) · az çəkmək (to drag, pull) · de wecken (to attract) · mi maunu (to pull out, unsheath) · cs táhnout (to drag, pull) · ko 끌어내다 (to deduce or infer) · nl sluiten (to close curtains etc.) · el σχεδιάζω (to produce a picture) · ro trage (to close curtains etc.) · pt sacar (to pull out, unsheath) · be рысава́ць (to produce a picture) · de saugen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · he צייר (to produce a picture) · de aufziehen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · bg тегля (to determine the result of a lottery) · uk рисува́ти (to produce a picture) · cs sejmout (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · de auslosen (to determine the result of a lottery) · ka ხატვა (to produce a picture) · id lukis (to produce a picture) · de fördern (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · bg изтеглям (to pull out, unsheath) · cs napnout (archery: to pull back the arrow) · it confidare (to rely on) · fi laskea (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · bo བདུང (archery: to pull back the arrow) · pl pociągać (to attract) · an dibuixar (to produce a picture) · bo འདོན (to pull out, unsheath) · fi vaihtaa (poker: to trade in cards) · cs spotřebovat (to consume) · bo ཁུག (to attract) · cmn 拖拉 (to pull out, unsheath) · enm drawen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · mi tātuhi (to produce a picture) · de aufskizzieren (to produce a picture) · ko 따르다 (to rely on) · ky сүрөт салуу (to produce a picture) · mww kos duab (to produce a picture) · mk и́звади (to pull out, unsheath) · de zapfen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · ms lukis (to produce a picture) · kix mài (to close curtains etc.) · hi निकालना (to pull out, unsheath) · it cambiare (poker: to trade in cards) · ru потяну́ть жре́бий (to determine the result of a lottery) · pt deduzir (to deduce or infer) · fr tirer (to rely on) · de erzielen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · sv dra (to deduce or infer) · cs přitáhnout (to attract) · bg тегля (to pull out, unsheath) · uk намалюва́ти (to produce a picture) · es empatar (to end a game with neither side winning) · bg че́рпя (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · lt piešti (to produce a picture) · sv attrahera (to attract) · da tegne (to produce a picture) · th จั่ว (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · yi ציִען (to drag, pull) · de sich auf etwas stützen (to deduce or infer) · de holen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · it disegnare (to produce a picture) · ru потащи́ть (to pull out, unsheath) · da trække (to determine the result of a lottery) · es dibujar (to produce a picture) · gd slaod (to pull out, unsheath) · it pescare (cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand) · cs kreslit (to produce a picture) · da trække (to pull out, unsheath) · pt puxar (to drag, pull) · izh risovoittaa (to produce a picture) · izh risuittaa (to produce a picture) · cs losovat (to determine the result of a lottery) · pl wyciągać (to pull out, unsheath) · cs vytáhnout (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · fr tirer (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · mk по́тпре (to rely on) · mk те́гне (to drag, pull) · my ပုံဆွဲ (to produce a picture) · osx dragan (to drag, pull) · eo fermtiri (to close curtains etc.) · fi piirtää (to produce a picture) · ca deduir (to deduce or infer) · de losen (to determine the result of a lottery) · gld илгалаори (to produce a picture) · fi juoksuttaa (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · de herausziehen (to drag, pull) · hi खींचना (to pull out, unsheath) · de hingezogen sein (to attract) · cs vytahovat (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · da trække for (to close curtains etc.) · de zuziehen (to close curtains etc.) · be нарысава́ць (to produce a picture) · de aufreissen (to produce a picture) · ko 뽑다 (to pull out, unsheath) · nl gelijkspelen (to end a game with neither side winning) · ar غَرَفَ (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · bg тегля (obtain) · de anlocken (to attract) · vi vẽ (to produce a picture) · de anziehen (to attract) · de beziehen (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · de ziehen lassen (of drinks: to leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase) · tk çyzmak (to produce a picture) · de vorziehen (to close curtains etc.) · he דָּלָה (to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out) · pt confiar (to rely on) · tg рассомӣ кардан (to produce a picture)