drew
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- n United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
- v cause to move by pulling
- v get or derive
He drew great benefits from his membership in the association - v make a mark or lines on a surface
- v make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- v bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- v represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
She drew an elephant - v take liquid out of a container or well
She drew water from the barrel - v give a description of
He drew an elaborate plan of attack - v select or take in from a given group or region
- v 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 - v suck in or take (air)
- v move or go steadily or gradually
The ship drew near the shore - v 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 - v choose at random
- v earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
He drew a base on balls - v bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- v cause to flow
The nurse drew blood - v write a legal document or paper
- v engage in drawing
- v move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- v allow a draft
- v require a specified depth for floating
- v pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- v cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- v take in, also metaphorically
She drew strength from the minister's words - v 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 - v thread on or as if on a string
the child drew glass beads on a string - v stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- v pass over, across, or through
He drew her hair through his fingers - v finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
The teams drew a tie - v contract
The material drew after it was washed in hot water - v reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- v steep; pass through a strainer
- v remove the entrails of
- v flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- v cause to localize at one point
- Despite the success, the Dodgers drew just over a million fans, second-best in the league but roughly half of what Milwaukee's third-year team drew.
- Obama's youth-oriented campaign drew under-25 voters to Thursday's Iowa caucuses in record numbers, and these first-time voters gave him most of his margin of victory.
- From the second through the 14th issues, Kurtzman wrote and storyboarded every tale, and drew all but one of the covers.