dravidian
- n a member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed south by Caucasians and now mixed with them)
- n a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka
dravidian language
- n a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka
dravidic
- n a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka
draw
- n a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- n an entertainer who attracts large audiences
he was the biggest drawing card they had - n the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
the game ended in a draw - n anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
the luck of the draw - n a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
he got a pair of kings in the draw - n a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- n (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
- n poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
he played only draw and stud - n the act of drawing or hauling something
- v cause to move by pulling
draw a wagon - v get or derive
- v make a mark or lines on a surface
draw a line - v make, formulate, or derive in the mind
I draw a line here
draw a conclusion
draw parallels - v bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
draw a weapon - v represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- v take liquid out of a container or well
- v give a description of
- v select or take in from a given group or region
The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population - v elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- v suck in or take (air)
draw a deep breath
draw on a cigarette - v move or go steadily or gradually
- v remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- v choose at random
draw a card - v earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- v bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
She was drawn to despair
The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum
The session was drawn to a close - v cause to flow
- v write a legal document or paper
The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office - v engage in drawing
He spent the day drawing in the garden - v move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
draw the shades
draw the curtains - v allow a draft
This chimney draws very well - v require a specified depth for floating
This boat draws 70 inches - v 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 - 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
- v direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- v thread on or as if on a string
- v stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
The archers were drawing their bows - v pass over, across, or through
- v finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- v contract
- v reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
draw wire - v steep; pass through a strainer
draw pulp from the fruit - v remove the entrails of
draw a chicken - v flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
draw steel - v cause to localize at one point