to draw
- verb
- /drɔ/
- Clint, can you draw out the guards?
- draw water
- a horse-drawn carriage
There are fights, there are people drawing knives, there is bloodletting.
- There are fights, there are people drawing knives, there is bloodletting.
- And so he was drawing out ketamine to administer to me.
- And no one could understand why it was that you couldn't draw the water any higher.
Examples
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The results and discussion have led us to draw a range of conclusions.
Academic text (2008) -
So, how do you propose to draw the whole mass of it to us?
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So whatever you do, do not draw your weapons.
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Open up your chest and then draw your leg.
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I want you to draw your water and get your team hitched ahead of all these others.
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Deliberately, he took hold of her hand and drew her to a place beside him.
Fiction book (1990) -
If you will draw a little closer, you will perceive the exact spot where the body was uncovered.
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He carefully draw the curtains to let in the morning light.
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The paramedic had to draw blood from the patient for testing.
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They draw the water from the well every morning for their daily needs.
Synonyms
To move something toward you using force, often to remove it
Take something out of a container like a box or cupboard
To remove something from a place or container
To take something out of a place, often with effort
To take money or things out of a place where they are kept
To take something out, often with effort, for example weeds or hidden facts
A hard pull of something across a surface
Remove something from where it is, for example a nail or a secret
To pull something away from where it is, for example a bandage or curtain
Pull air into the lungs or small things into a machine
To pull something away carefully, for example a bandage or tablecloth
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
To kill someone by tying limbs to four horses and pulling them apart, or to punish very harshly
- Offensive
To threaten or kill someone by hanging, cutting their body open and dividing it into four parts
- Informal
To end up by chance with an unpleasant task or in a worse position
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
To pull tissue or skin to the side to hold a wound open during surgery
- Literature
To stop or slow progress by controlling it, like a rider pulling the straps that guide a horse
Compounds
- Jargon
A football play where the quarterback fakes a pass then hands the ball to a running back
A type of poker where players discard some cards and get new ones to improve their hand
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Draw originally meant 'to pull' in old English and is the same idea as drag, so to draw something out is simply to pull or move it from one place to another.