draw
Forms
- present (v1)
- draw
- past (v2)
- drew
- past participle (v3)
- drawn
- present participle
- drawing
- 3rd person singular
- draws
- Plural
- draws
Definitions
1.Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
- This ship draws ten feet of water.
- He drew a sheaf of papers from his bag.
- She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight.
2.Senses relating to attracting.
- I drew a deep breath and wiped my brow.
- The chimney won’t draw properly if it’s clogged up with soot.
- His mind was drawn back to the events of the preceding morning.
3.Senses relating to extending or protracting.
- The ship’s sail drew when the wind blew strongly.
- The dough was run through the pasta machine and drawn into a long ribbon.
4.Senses relating to extracting or selecting.
- I drew my last game against him.
- We drew the last time we played.
- The cat scratched her, drawing blood.
1.Pull back your bowstring in preparation to shoot.
1.That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- After It, Clara became one of the top box-office draws in Hollywood, but her popularity was short lived.
2.The act of drawing:
- The draw is on Saturday.
3.The result of drawing:
- The game ended in a draw.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #721
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
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.