1. Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
   "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"
   - careworn, haggard, raddled, worn 
2. Having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut
   "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"

1. Cause to move by pulling
   "draw a wagon"
   - pull, force 
2. Get or derive
   "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
   - reap 
3. Make a mark or lines on a surface
   "draw a line"
   - trace, line, describe, delineate 
4. Make, formulate, or derive in the mind
   "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"
   - make 
5. Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
   "draw a weapon"
   - pull, pull out, get out, take out 
6. Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
   "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" 
7. Take liquid out of a container or well
   "She drew water from the barrel"
   - take out 
8. Give a description of
   "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
   - describe, depict 
9. Select or take in from a given group or region 
10. Elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
    "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" 
11. Suck in or take (air)
    "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
    - puff, drag 
12. Move or go steadily or gradually
    "The ship drew near the shore" 
13. Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
    "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
    - withdraw, take out, draw off 
14. Choose at random
    "draw a card"
    - cast 
15. Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
    "He drew a base on balls"
    - get 
16. Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition 
17. Cause to flow
    "The nurse drew blood" 
18. Write a legal document or paper 
19. Engage in drawing
    "He spent the day drawing in the garden" 
20. Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
    "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains" 
21. Allow a draft
    "This chimney draws very well" 
22. Require a specified depth for floating
    "This boat draws 70 inches" 
23. Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
    "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
    - quarter, draw and quarter 
24. Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
    - pull 
25. Take in, also metaphorically
    "She drew strength from the minister's words"
    - absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up 
26. Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
    "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
    - attract, pull, pull in, draw in 
27. Thread on or as if on a string
    "the child drew glass beads on a string"
    - string, thread 
28. Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
    "The archers were drawing their bows"
    - pull back 
29. Pass over, across, or through
    "He drew her hair through his fingers"
    - guide, run, pass 
30. Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
    "The teams drew a tie"
    - tie 
31. Contract
    "The material drew after it was washed in hot water" 
32. Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
    "draw wire" 
33. Steep; pass through a strainer
    "draw pulp from the fruit" 
34. Remove the entrails of
    "draw a chicken"
    - disembowel, eviscerate 
35. Flatten, stretch, or mould metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
    "draw steel" 
36. Cause to localize at one point
    "Draw blood and pus"

See also: closed, draw in, draw out, draw up, drawee, drawer, drawing, tired

Type of: alter, arouse, arrange, ask, be, breathe in, call for, change, change form, change shape, choose, close, compose, create, create by mental act, create mentally, deform, demand, derive, displace, effect, effectuate, elicit, enkindle, equal, equalise [Brit], equalize, equate, evoke, exposit, expound, fire, form, gain, go, indite [archaic], infuse, inhale, inspire, interpret, involve, kill, kindle, localise [Brit], localize, locomote, mark, match, modify, move, necessitate, need, pen, pick out, postulate, provoke, raise, remove, represent, require, select, set forth, set up, shape, shut, steep, stretch, take, take away, thin, travel, withdraw, write

Encyclopedia: Draw

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