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drew
  • 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
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