draws

Meanings

Noun

• a gully that is shallower than a ravine
• an entertainer who attracts large audiences
• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
• anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
• a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
• (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
• poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
• the act of drawing or hauling something
• plural of draw
• Synonym of drawers.

Verb

• cause to move by pulling
• get or derive
• make a mark or lines on a surface
• make, formulate, or derive in the mind
• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
• represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
• take liquid out of a container or well
• give a description of
• select or take in from a given group or region
• elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
• suck in or take (air)
• move or go steadily or gradually
• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
• choose at random
• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
• bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
• cause to flow
• write a legal document or paper
• engage in drawing
• move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
• allow a draft
  • "This chimney draws very well"
• require a specified depth for floating
  • "This boat draws 70 inches"
• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
• take in, also metaphorically
• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
• thread on or as if on a string
• stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
• pass over, across, or through
• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
• contract
• reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
• steep; pass through a strainer
• remove the entrails of
• flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
• cause to localize at one point
• third-person singular simple present indicative of draw

Synonyms

absorb, attract, attracter, attraction, attractor, cast, delineate, depict, describe, disembowel, drag, draw, draw and quarter, draw in, draw off, draw play, draw poker, drawers, drawing card, eviscerate, force, get, get out, guide, haul, haulage, hook, hooking, imbibe, line, lot, make, pass, puff, pull, pull back, pull in, pull out, quarter, reap, run, soak up, sop up, standoff, string, suck, suck up, take in, take out, take up, thread, tie, trace, withdraw

Antonyms

deposit, push, repel