to draw
- verb
- /drɔ/
- I'm gonna draw the Spirit in with my breath.
- draw a long breath
- draw on a cigarette
Now you shall draw your last breath.
- Now you shall draw your last breath.
- So when you breathe in through your nose, draw all the thoughts of your day down into your lungs.
- Now we've drawn probably smoking that spice or something.
- Well, your face is completely covered in this cloth and you're like, you can't draw in air.
Examples
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The only thing that mattered was to draw great gulps of air into her lungs.
Fiction book (1991) -
I sat on the floor, doubled over, struggling to draw air into my lungs.
Fiction book (1991) -
You draw in it every day.
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And when I drew in the smoke, the thing stopped swimming.
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Draw a deep breath, please, and hold completely still.
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Have them inhale through these imaginary noses, drawing the air in deeply.
Academic text (2004) -
This allows air to be drawn in, inflating the alveoli, millions of small sacs inside our lungs.
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After running up the hill, I needed to draw a few deep breaths to catch my breath.
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The yoga instructor encouraged us to draw in as much air as possible during the breathing exercises.
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When he finally reached the top, he drew a long breath, feeling the cool mountain air fill his lungs.
Synonyms
To breathe in air, smoke, or gas into your lungs
To take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth
To pull air or liquid into something by making an empty space inside
To breathe in air or smoke strongly
To inhale and exhale smoke from a cigarette or pipe
Pull air into the lungs or small things into a machine
To breathe in smoke from a cigarette or vape pen
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 Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Draw for taking a breath comes from the old word 'to pull', just like drag, so to draw a breath is to 'pull' air into your lungs.