to draw
- verb
- /drɔ/
- And it's so fast that it draws in more and more air, huge amounts of air and expels at very high speed.
- draw air through the chimney
Supposed to draw air from the bottom to the top.
- Supposed to draw air from the bottom to the top.
- And it's so fast that it draws in more and more air, huge amounts of air and expels at very high speed.
Examples
-
It's just that there's no resistance to the airflow so it's able to draw that fresh air in from the front and keep that GPU fed.
-
All the heat is being drawn up through the back.
-
Supposed to draw air from the bottom to the top.
-
Now, there's a fan here in the front which draws in air.
-
A large duct ran up from it toward the ceiling, the motor struggling to draw air.
Fiction book (2002) -
One of the vents kicked on, drawing a loud mechanical breath.
Fiction book (2002) -
I've heard of that... the heater draws heat away from the engine.
-
When the chimney is functioning properly, it can draw air efficiently to expel smoke.
-
The fireplace needs to draw enough air to maintain a steady flame during use.
-
To ensure proper ventilation, the hood fan must draw air from the kitchen as it cooks.
Synonyms
Pull air into the lungs or small things into a machine
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 Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Draw for a chimney or stove means to pull air through, coming from the old sense 'to pull', so a stove that draws well 'pulls' air in and carries smoke away.