| Draw |
To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow. |
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| Draw |
To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce. |
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| Draw |
To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc. |
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| Draw |
To pull from a sheath, as a sword. |
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| Draw |
To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive. |
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| Draw |
To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive. |
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| Draw |
To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank. |
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| Draw |
To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize. |
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| Draw |
To select by the drawing of lots. |
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| Draw |
To remove the contents of |
v. t. |
| Draw |
To drain by emptying; to suck dry. |
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| Draw |
To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. |
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| Draw |
To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. |
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| Draw |
To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. |
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| Draw |
To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture. |
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| Draw |
To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe. |
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| Draw |
To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. |
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| Draw |
To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water. |
v. t. |
| Draw |
To withdraw. |
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| Draw |
To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term. |
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