draw
Definition of draw:
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part of speech: noun
The act of drawing: anything drawn: among sportsmen, the act of forcing a fox from his cover, a badger from his hole: etc: the place where a fox is drawn. Also something designed to draw a person out to make him reveal his intentions or what he desires to conceal or keep back, or the like: a feeler. ( Slang.) " This was what in modern days is called a draw. It was a guess put boldly forth as fact to elict by the young man's answer whether he had been there lately or not."- C. Reade.
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part of speech: verb
To pull along: to bring forcibly towards one: to entice: to inhale: to take out: to deduce: to lengthen: to make a picture of, by lines drawn: to describe: to require a depth of water for floating.
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part of speech: adjective
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part of speech: verb
To haul; to raise, as water from a well; to pull along; to pull out or unsheath; to attract; to suck or inhale; to take or let out a liquid; to sketch or delineate; to have, receive, or take, as money; to pull or exert strength in drawing; to move, advance, or approach.
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part of speech: verb
To pull: to practice drawing: to move: to approach:- pa. t drew; pa. p. drawn.
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Common misspellings:
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- atracked (2.0%)
- darw (10.0%)
- deaw (4.0%)
- dra (4.0%)
- drawed (8.0%)
- drawe (4.0%)
- druw (2.0%)
- drow (40.0%)
- drwa (8.0%)
- drw (18.0%)
Usage examples for draw:
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They seem to draw me.
"The Burning Spear" – John Galsworthy -
It was just my luck, that's all- I happened to draw an easy one."
"When A Man's A Man" – Harold Bell Wright -
Can we draw a line between the past and the present?
"The Last Harvest" – John Burroughs -
But Rose can't draw a bit.
"The Real Adventure" – Henry Kitchell Webster
