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Sink

A sink – also known by other names including sinker, washbowl, hand basin, wash basin, and simply basin – is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture used for washing hands, dishwashing, and other purposes. Sinks have taps (faucets) that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing.

Draw

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.
He drew a map

Sink

Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged
He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves

Draw

Pull or drag (something such as a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind
A cart drawn by two horses

Sink

Descend from a higher to a lower position; drop downwards
You can relax on the veranda as the sun sinks low
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Draw

Extract (an object) from a container or receptacle
He drew his gun and peered into the gloomy apartment

Sink

Gradually decrease or decline in value, amount, quality, or intensity
Their output sank to a third of the pre-war figure

Draw

Take or obtain (liquid) from a container or receptacle
He drew off a pint of bitter
A wheel was built to draw water from the well

Sink

Insert beneath a surface
Rails fixed in place with screws sunk below the surface of the wood

Draw

Select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.
She drew a ticket and announced the number but no one claimed it
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Sink

Rapidly consume (an alcoholic drink)
English players sinking a few post-match lagers

Draw

Be the cause of (a specified response)
He drew criticism for his lavish spending

Sink

A fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe
A sink unit with cupboard and drawers under
I stood at the kitchen sink

Draw

Select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.
She drew a ticket and announced the number but no one claimed it

Sink

A pool or marsh in which a river's water disappears by evaporation or percolation.

Draw

Finish (a contest or game) with an even score
They drew 0–0 in 1974
Brazil had drawn a stormy match 1–1

Sink

Short for sinkhole

Draw

(in bowls) cause (a bowl) to travel in a curve determined by its bias to the desired point.

Sink

A place of vice or corruption
A sink of unnatural vice, pride, and luxury

Draw

(of a ship) require (a specified depth of water) to float in
Boats that draw only a few inches of water

Sink

To go below the surface of water or another liquid
We watched the leaky inner tube slowly sink.

Draw

(of a sail) be filled with wind
As the sail drew, he put the helm over to circle back

Sink

To descend to the bottom of a body of water or other liquid
Found the wreck where it had sunk.

Draw

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.
The draw has been made for this year's tournament

Sink

To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages
The water in the lake sank several feet during the long, dry summer.

Draw

A game or contest that ends with the score even
He scored twice to force a 4–4 draw

Sink

To subside or settle gradually
Cracks developed as the building sank.

Draw

A person or thing that is very attractive or interesting
The museum has turned out to be a big draw for school children in the city

Sink

To appear to move downward, as the sun or moon in setting.

Draw

An act of drawing on a cigarette or cigar
She took a long draw on her cigarette

Sink

To slope downward; incline
The road sinks as it approaches the stream.

Draw

An act of pulling a gun from its holster in order to shoot
He went for the quick draw and levelled a long-barrelled pistol at all of us

Sink

To fall or lower oneself slowly, as from weakness or fatigue
The exhausted runner sank to the ground.

Draw

A shot causing the ball to deviate slightly
Most high handicappers would benefit from a controlled draw

Sink

To feel great disappointment or discouragement
Her heart sank within her.

Draw

To cause to move after or toward one by applying continuous force; drag
Drew the chair closer to the table.
A team of horses drawing a wagon.

Sink

To pass into something; penetrate
The claws sank into the flesh of the prey.

Draw

To cause to move in a given direction or to a given position, as by leading
The teacher drew the children into the room to see the decorations.

Sink

To steep or soak
The wine has sunk into my shirt.

Draw

To move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
Draw the curtains.

Sink

To pass into a specified condition
She sank into a deep sleep.

Draw

To cause to flow forth
A pump drawing water.
A blow that drew blood.

Sink

To deteriorate in quality or condition
The patient is sinking fast. The family sank into a state of disgrace.

Draw

To suck or take in (air, for example); inhale.

Sink

To diminish, as in value
Gold prices are sinking.

Draw

To require (a specified depth of water) for floating
A boat drawing 18 inches.

Sink

To become weaker, quieter, or less forceful
His voice sank to a whisper.

Draw

To take or pull out
Drew a gun from beneath the counter.
Drew out a fat wallet.

Sink

To make an impression; become felt or understood
The meaning finally sank in.

Draw

To extract or take for one's own use
Draw strength from one's friends.

Sink

To cause to descend beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid
Sink a ship.

Draw

To make (tea) by steeping.

Sink

To cause to penetrate deeply
He sank his sword into the dragon's belly.

Draw

To eviscerate; disembowel
A traitor to the king who was drawn and quartered.

Sink

To force into the ground
Sink a piling.

Draw

To cause to come by attracting; attract
Afraid the casino will draw undesirable elements to the town.

Sink

To dig or drill (a mine or well) in the earth.

Draw

To select or take in from a given group, type, or region
Draw clients from all levels of society.

Sink

To cause to drop or lower
Sank the bucket into the well.

Draw

To bring to a certain condition or action; lead
Drawn to despair.
Drew them to resign.

Sink

(Sports) To propel (a ball or shot) into a hole, basket, or pocket.

Draw

To bring about deliberately; provoke
Draw enemy fire.
Draw a penalty on an opponent.

Sink

To cause to be engrossed
"Frank sank himself in another book" (Patricia Highsmith).

Draw

To evoke as a response; elicit
A performance that drew jeers from the audience.

Sink

To make weaker, quieter, or less forceful
She sank her voice when the manager walked by.

Draw

To earn; gain
Deposits that draw interest at a rate of 5 percent.

Sink

To reduce in quantity or worth
The bad news will sink markets around the world.

Draw

To withdraw (money).

Sink

To debase the nature of; degrade
The scandal has sunk him in the eyes of many.

Draw

To use (a check, for example) when paying.

Sink

To bring to a low or ruined state; defeat or destroy
Loss of advertising sank the newspaper.

Draw

To receive on a regular basis or at a specified time
Draw a pension.

Sink

To suppress or hide
He sank his arrogance and apologized.

Draw

To take or receive by chance
Draw lots.

Sink

(Informal) To defeat, as in a game.

Draw

To take (cards) from a dealer or central stack.

Sink

To invest or spend, often without getting a return or adequate value
I've sunk a lot of money into that car.

Draw

To force (a card) to be played.

Sink

To pay off (a debt).

Draw

To end or leave (a contest) tied or undecided.

Sink

A water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe and generally a piped supply of water.

Draw

To hit or strike (a billiard ball, for example) so as to give it backspin.

Sink

A cesspool.

Draw

To hit (a golf ball) with a draw.

Sink

A sinkhole.

Draw

To make tense or taut
Drew the rope across the ravine.

Sink

A natural or artificial means of absorbing or removing a substance or a form of energy from a system.

Draw

To pull back the string of (a bow).

Sink

A place regarded as wicked and corrupt
That city is a sink of corruption.

Draw

To distort the shape of
He drew his face into a scowl.

Sink

To move or be moved into something.

Draw

To flatten, stretch, or mold (metal) by hammering or die stamping.

Sink

(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
A stone sinks in water.
The sun gradually sank in the west.

Draw

To shape or elongate (a wire, for example) by pulling through dies.

Sink

(transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
An iceberg sank the Titanic.
British battleships sank the Bismarck.

Draw

To inscribe (a line or lines) with a pencil or other marking implement.

Sink

(transitive) To push (something) into something.
The joint will hold tighter if you sink a wood screw through both boards.
The dog sank its teeth into the delivery man's leg.

Draw

To make a likeness of on a surface, using mostly lines; depict with lines
Drew a map of the area.
Drawing landscapes and still lifes.

Sink

(transitive) To make by digging or delving.
To sink a well in the ground

Draw

To portray in writing or speech; depict with words
Draws moving scenes of ghetto life.

Sink

To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.

Draw

To formulate or devise from evidence or data at hand
Draw a comparison.

Sink

To diminish or be diminished.

Draw

To compose or write out in legal format
Draw a deed.

Sink

To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.

Draw

To proceed or move steadily
A ship drawing near the shore.

Sink

To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
To sink one's reputation

Draw

To attract customers or spectators
The new play is drawing well.

Sink

(intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

Draw

To pour forth liquid
The patient's veins don't draw easily.

Sink

To conceal and appropriate.

Draw

To cause suppuration.

Sink

To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

Draw

To take in a draft of air
The flue isn't drawing.

Sink

To drink (especially something alcoholic).

Draw

To steep in or as if in the manner of tea.

Sink

To pay absolutely.
I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project.

Draw

To pull out a weapon for use.

Sink

To reduce or extinguish by payment.
To sink the national debt

Draw

To use or call upon part of a fund or supply
Drawing on an account.
Drew from the experience of fellow workers.

Sink

(intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.

Draw

To contract or tighten
Material that draws when it dries.

Sink

To die.

Draw

To conclude a contest without either side winning; tie
The chess players drew in 32 moves.

Sink

(intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Draw

To make a likeness with lines on a surface; sketch.

Sink

A basin used for holding water for washing.

Draw

An act of drawing.

Sink

A drain for carrying off wastewater.

Draw

The result of drawing.

Sink

(geology) A sinkhole.

Draw

Something drawn, especially a lot, card, or cards drawn at random.

Sink

A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.

Draw

The arrangement of competitors in a tournament in which the matchups are made at random.

Sink

A heat sink.

Draw

A matchup or opponent in such a tournament.

Sink

A place that absorbs resources or energy.

Draw

An inhalation, especially through a pipe or other smoking implement.

Sink

(ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.

Draw

One that attracts interest, customers, or spectators
A singer who is a popular draw.

Sink

(uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
An excessive sink rate at touchdown can cause the aircraft's landing gear to collapse.

Draw

The movable part of a drawbridge.

Sink

(baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink.

Draw

A special advantage; an edge
Have the draw on one's enemies.

Sink

An object or callback that captures events; an event sink.

Draw

A contest ending without either side winning.

Sink

(graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.

Draw

A small natural depression that water drains into; a shallow gully.

Sink

An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.

Draw

(Football) A play in which the quarterback drops back as if to pass and then runs or hands off to a running back.

Sink

A depression in a stereotype plate.

Draw

(Sports) A face-off.

Sink

(theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.

Draw

(Games) A draw shot.

Sink

(mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.

Draw

(Sports) A moderate, usually controlled hook in golf.

Sink

(game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.

Draw

To move or develop something.

Sink

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.
I sink in deep mire.

Draw

To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.

Sink

To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
The stone sunk into his forehead.

Draw

To deduce or infer.
He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.

Sink

Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
Let these sayings sink down into your ears.

Draw

To steep, leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.
Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for more than two minutes before pouring.

Sink

To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke.
He sunk down in his chariot.
Let not the fire sink or slacken.

Draw

(transitive) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, etc.
To draw money from a bank

Sink

To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him.

Draw

To take into the lungs; to inhale.

Sink

To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
[The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship.

Draw

(used with prepositions and adverbs) To move; to come or go.
We drew back from the cliff edge.
The runners drew level with each other as they approached the finish line.
Draw near to the fire and I will tell you a tale.

Sink

Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.
I raise of sink, imprison or set free.
If I have a conscience, let it sink me.
Thy cruel and unnatural lust of powerHas sunk thy father more than all his years.

Draw

To approach, come to, or arrive at a point in time or a process.
The end of the world draws near.

Sink

To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.

Draw

(transitive) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.

Sink

To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
You sunk the river repeated draughts.

Draw

To withdraw.

Sink

To conseal and appropriate.
If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account.

Draw

(archaic) To draw up (a document).
To draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange

Sink

To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths.

Draw

To exert or experience force.

Sink

To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.

Draw

(transitive) To drag, pull.

Sink

A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

Draw

(intransitive) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling.
This horse draws well.
A ship's sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.

Sink

A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.

Draw

To pull out, unsheathe (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
They drew their swords and fought each other.

Sink

A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; - called also sink hole.

Draw

To undergo the action of pulling or dragging.
The carriage draws easily.

Sink

The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the Humboldt River.

Draw

(archery) To pull back the bowstring and its arrow in preparation for shooting.

Sink

Plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

Draw

(of curtains, etc.) To close.
You should draw the curtains at night.

Sink

(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system;
The ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide

Draw

(of curtains, etc.) To open.
She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight.

Sink

A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

Draw

(cards) To take the top card of a deck into hand.
At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.

Sink

A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

Draw

(fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.

Sink

Fall or drop to a lower place or level;
He sank to his knees

Draw

To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood.
Draw water from a well;
Draw water for a bath;
The wound drew blood

Sink

Cause to sink;
The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor

Draw

To drain by emptying; to suck dry.

Sink

Pass into a specified state or condition;
He sank into Nirvana

Draw

(figurative) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.

Sink

Go under,
The raft sank and its occupants drowned

Draw

To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
A ship draws ten feet of water.

Sink

Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;
He sank into bed
She subsided into the chair

Draw

To work as an epispastic; said of a blister, poultice, etc.

Sink

Appear to move downward;
The sun dipped below the horizon
The setting sun sank below the tree line

Draw

(intransitive) To have a draught; to transmit smoke, gases, etc.
The chimney won't draw properly if it's clogged up with soot.

Sink

Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly;
The real estate market fell off

Draw

(analogous) To consume, for example, power.
The circuit draws three hundred watts.

Sink

Fall or sink heavily;
He slumped onto the couch
My spirits sank

Draw

To change in size or shape.

Sink

Embed deeply;
She sank her fingers into the soft sand
He buried his head in her lap

Draw

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch.
To draw a mass of metal into wire

Draw

(intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.

Draw

To attract or be attracted.

Draw

To attract.
The citizens were afraid the casino would draw an undesirable element to their town.
I was drawn to her.

Draw

To induce (a reticent person) to speak.
He refused to be drawn on the subject

Draw

(hunting) To search for game.

Draw

To cause.

Draw

(intransitive) To exert an attractive force; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.

Draw

(usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.
She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem.

Draw

To disembowel.

Draw

To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
We drew last time we played.
I drew him last time I played him.
I drew my last game against him.

Draw

To choose by means of a random selection process.

Draw

To select by the drawing of lots.
The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.

Draw

(transitive) To win in a lottery or similar game of chance.
He drew a prize.

Draw

(poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.
Jill has four diamonds; she'll try to draw for a flush.

Draw

(curling) To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.

Draw

(cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.

Draw

(golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.

Draw

(billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

Draw

The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
The game ended in a draw.

Draw

The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
The draw is on Saturday.

Draw

Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.

Draw

The act of drawing.
The Wild West's quick-draw champion

Draw

(cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).

Draw

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.

Draw

(curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.

Draw

(geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.

Draw

A bag of cannabis.

Draw

Cannabis.

Draw

In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.

Draw

(poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.

Draw

(archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.

Draw

(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

Draw

Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.

Draw

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.
He cast him down to ground, and all alongDrew him through dirt and mire without remorse.
He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room.
Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
The arrow is now drawn to the head.

Draw

To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.
The poetDid feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods.
All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart.

Draw

To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc.
The drew out the staves of the ark.
Draw thee waters for the siege.
I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood.

Draw

To pull from a sheath, as a sword.
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Draw

To remove the contents of
Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated.

Draw

To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves.
Until you had drawn oaths from him.

Draw

To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.
In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe.

Draw

To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.
Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan.

Draw

To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history.

Draw

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
How long her face is drawn!
And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee.

Draw

To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank.
Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn.

Draw

To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.

Draw

To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe.
A flattering painter who made it his careTo draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move,Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power?

Draw

To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.
Clerk, draw a deed of gift.

Draw

To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; - said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water.

Draw

To withdraw.
Go wash thy face, and draw the action.

Draw

To trace by scent; to track; - a hunting term.

Draw

To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.

Draw

To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn.

Draw

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.

Draw

To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.

Draw

To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.
Keep a watch upon the particular bias of their minds, that it may not draw too much.

Draw

To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; - said of a blister, poultice, etc.

Draw

To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.

Draw

To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.
So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou drawest, swear horrible.

Draw

To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.

Draw

To become contracted; to shrink.

Draw

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; - with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, draw nigh, or draw towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.

Draw

To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; - usually with on or upon.
You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey.

Draw

To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.

Draw

To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.

Draw

The act of drawing; draught.

Draw

A lot or chance to be drawn.

Draw

The act of drawing a lot or chance.

Draw

A drawn game or battle, etc; a tied game; a tie.

Draw

That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.

Draw

The result of drawing, or state of being drawn;

Draw

That which is drawn or is subject to drawing.

Draw

A gully that is shallower than a ravine

Draw

An entertainer who attracts large audiences;
He was the biggest drawing card they had

Draw

The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided;
The game ended in a draw
Their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie

Draw

Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;
The luck of the draw
They drew lots for it

Draw

A playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack;
He got a pair of kings in the draw

Draw

A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;
He tooks lessons to cure his hooking

Draw

(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

Draw

Poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer;
He played only draw and stud

Draw

The act of drawing or hauling something;
The haul up the hill went very slowly

Draw

Cause to move along the ground by pulling;
Draw a wagon
Pull a sled

Draw

Get or derive;
He drew great benefits from his membership in the association

Draw

Make a mark or lines on a surface;
Draw a line
Trace the outline of a figure in the sand

Draw

Make, formulate, or derive in the mind;
I draw a line here
Draw a conclusion
Draw parallels
Make an estimate
What do you make of his remarks?

Draw

Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;
Draw a weapon
Pull out a gun
The mugger pulled a knife on his victim

Draw

Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface;
She drew an elephant
Draw me a horse

Draw

Take liquid out of a container or well;
She drew water from the barrel

Draw

Give a description of;
He drew an elaborate plan of attack

Draw

Select or take in from a given group or region;
The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population

Draw

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

Draw

Suck in or take (air);
Draw a deep breath
Draw on a cigarette

Draw

Move or go steadily or gradually;
The ship drew near the shore

Draw

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

Draw

Choose at random;
Draw a card
Cast lots

Draw

In baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;
He drew a base on balls

Draw

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

Draw

Cause to flow;
The nurse drew blood

Draw

Write a legal document or paper;
The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office

Draw

Engage in drawing;
He spent the day drawing in the garden

Draw

Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something;
Draw the shades
Draw the curtains

Draw

Allow a draft;
This chimney draws very well

Draw

Require a specified depth for floating;
This boat draws 70 inches

Draw

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

Draw

Take in, also metaphorically;
The sponge absorbs water well
She drew strength from the minister's words

Draw

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;
Her good looks attract the stares of many men
The ad pulled in many potential customers
This pianist pulls huge crowds
The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers

Draw

Thread on or as if on a string;
String pearls on a string
The child drew glass beads on a string
Thread dried cranberries

Draw

Pull back the sling of (a bow);
The archers were drawing their bows

Draw

Guide or pass over something;
He ran his eyes over her body
She ran her fingers along the carved figurine
He drew her hair through his fingers

Draw

Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;
The teams drew a tie

Draw

Contract;
The material drew after it was washed in hot water

Draw

Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die;
Draw wire

Draw

Steep; pass through a strainer;
Draw pulp from the fruit

Draw

Remove the entrails of;
Draw a chicken

Draw

Flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching;
Draw steel

Draw

Cause to localize at one point;
Draw blood and pus

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