draw

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noun (esp. BrE)

ADJECTIVE

▪ goalless, scoreless

▪ one-all, three-three, etc.

▪ creditable, honorable

▪ disappointing

▪ consecutive, successive

▪ Hull City were held to a second successive draw.

VERB + DRAW

▪ end in

▪ The game ended in a two-all draw.

▪ earn, get, secure, snatch

▪ force, hold sb to

▪ San Marino held them to a goalless draw.

PREPOSITION

▪ draw against, draw with

▪ their 1–1 draw with United
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verb

1 make pictures

ADVERB

▪ accurately, beautifully, carefully, clearly, well

▪ a beautifully drawn picture

▪ He draws very well.

▪ badly, crudely, quickly, roughly

▪ a crudely drawn child's face

2 pull

ADVERB

▪ half, partly

▪ The blinds were partly drawn.

▪ back

▪ She drew back the curtains and let the sunlight in.

▪ aside, to one side

▪ I tried to draw him aside so I could talk to him in private.

▪ away

▪ He approached her but she drew away.

▪ up

▪ She sat with her legs drawn up on the sofa.

▪ out

▪ The ducts draw out stale air.

▪ together (figurative)

▪ The project enables students to draw together their skills and experience.

▪ randomly

▪ We drew names randomly out of a hat.

PREPOSITION

▪ onto

▪ She drew me onto the balcony

▪ out of

▪ He drew the cork out of the bottle.

▪ to

▪ I drew my chair up to the fire.

▪ towards/toward

3 attract

ADVERB

▪ immediately

▪ inevitably, inexorably, irresistibly

▪ Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.

▪ instinctively

▪ Animals are instinctively drawn to those who like them.

▪ increasingly

▪ He was increasingly drawn to the idea of making short films.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪ The plan has drawn interest from local businessmen.

▪ to

▪ We asked the surfing champion what first drew him to the sport.

PHRASAL VERBS

draw on/upon sth

ADVERB

▪ heavily

▪ The novelist draws heavily on her personal experiences.

draw sth up

ADVERB

▪ professionally, properly

▪ Make sure the contract is properly drawn up.

Draw is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑artist, ↑chimney, ↑footstep

Draw is used with these nouns as the object: ↑admiration, ↑analogy, ↑angle, ↑applause, ↑arrow, ↑attention, ↑audience, ↑bath, ↑baton, ↑beer, ↑benefit, ↑blade, ↑blind, ↑blood, ↑border, ↑boundary, ↑bow, ↑breath, ↑caricature, ↑cart, ↑cartoon, ↑character, ↑cheque, ↑chuckle, ↑circle, ↑cloak, ↑comfort, ↑comment, ↑comparison, ↑conclusion, ↑condemnation, ↑connection, ↑consolation, ↑contrast, ↑criticism, ↑cross, ↑crowd, ↑curtain, ↑customer, ↑dagger, ↑diagram, ↑distinction, ↑district, ↑dole, ↑drape, ↑encouragement, ↑example, ↑finger, ↑fire, ↑foul, ↑game, ↑glance, ↑graph, ↑gun, ↑idea, ↑immigrant, ↑implication, ↑inference, ↑inspiration, ↑interest, ↑knife, ↑laugh, ↑laughter, ↑lesson, ↑likeness, ↑line, ↑map, ↑match, ↑moisture, ↑moral, ↑nourishment, ↑opposition, ↑outline, ↑parallel, ↑pension, ↑picture, ↑pint, ↑pistol, ↑plan, ↑plough, ↑portrait, ↑praise, ↑raffle, ↑rebuke, ↑response, ↑retort, ↑revolver, ↑salary, ↑sample, ↑shade, ↑shape, ↑shawl, ↑shopper, ↑sign, ↑sketch, ↑spectator, ↑strength, ↑support, ↑suspicion, ↑sword, ↑tourist, ↑traffic, ↑triangle, ↑truncheon, ↑veil, ↑viewer, ↑visitor, ↑wagon, ↑weapon, ↑wrath

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Synonyms:

Pull, drag, haul, tug, pull along, Pull / Deduce, derive, infer / Extort, force out / Compose, write, prepare, draw up / Gain, win / Attract, bring toward, pull toward, Move, come, go, proceed / Suck, drain, suck dry, Sketch, practise drawing or the art of delineation / Inhale, inspire, breathe in, take into the lungs, Produce inflammation, vesicate, blister / Extract, take out, draw out, Request payment by draft, make a draft / Induce, move, lead, allure, entice, engage, persuade, influence / Produce, bring, bear / Extend, protract, stretch, lengthen out / Delineate, sketch, depict, trace, trace out, describe (as a line)

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draw — (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
draw — [drɔː ǁ drɒː] verb drew PASTTENSE [druː] drawn PASTPART [drɔːn ǁ drɒːn] [transitive] BANKING 1. also draw out to take money from your bank account … Financial and business terms
Draw — Draw, v. i. 1. To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well. [1913 Webster] Note: A sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
draw — [drô] vt. drew, drawn, drawing [ME drawen < OE dragan, akin to ON draga, to drag, Ger tragen, to bear, carry < IE base * dherāgh , to pull, draw along > L trahere, to pull, draw] I indicating traction 1. to make move toward one or along… … English World dictionary
draw — vb drew, drawn, draw·ing vt 1: to compose by random selection draw a jury 2: to take (money) from a place of deposit 3: to write and sign (a draft) in due form for use in making a demand draw a check … Law dictionary
Draw — Draw, draws or drawn may refer to: The act of drawing, or making an image with a writing utensil A part of many card games A part of a lottery Wire drawing Draw (terrain), terrain feature similar to a valley (but smaller) formed by two parallel… … Wikipedia
draw — draw; draw·ee; draw·er; draw·man; re·draw; re·draw·er; un·draw; with·draw; with·draw·able; with·draw·al; with·draw·er; with·draw·ment; with·draw·ing·ness; … English syllables
draw — ► VERB (past drew; past part. drawn) 1) produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper. 2) produce (a line) on a surface. 3) pull or drag (a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind. 4) pull or move in a specified direction. 5)… … English terms dictionary
draw — vb drag, *pull, tug, tow, haul, hale Analogous words: *bring, fetch: *attract, allure: *lure, entice: extract, elicit, evoke, *educe Contrasted words: see those at DRAG … New Dictionary of Synonyms
draw on — (of a period of time) approach its end. → draw draw on suck smoke from (a cigarette or pipe). → draw draw on use as a resource: → draw … English new terms dictionary
draw — [n] tie in competition dead end*, dead heat*, deadlock, even steven*, photo finish*, stalemate, standoff, tie; concept 706 draw [v1] move something by pulling attract, bring, carry, convey, cull, draft, drag, drain, educe, elicit, evoke, extract … New thesaurus

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