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1. United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
   - John Drew

1. Make a mark or lines on a surface
   "draw a line";
   - trace, line, describe, delineate
    
2. Cause to move by pulling
   "draw a wagon";
   - pull
    
3. Get or derive
   "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association";
   - reap
    
4. Make, formulate, or derive in the mind
   "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels";
   - make
    
5. Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
   "draw a weapon";
   - pull, pull out, get out, take out
    
6. (art) represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
   "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
    
7. Take liquid out of a container or well
   "She drew water from the barrel";
   - take out
    
8. Give a description of
   "He drew an elaborate plan of attack";
   - describe, depict
    
9. Select or take in from a given group or region
    
10. 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"
     
11. Suck in or take (air)
    "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette";
    - puff, drag
     
12. Move or go steadily or gradually
    "The ship drew near the shore"
     
13. 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";
    - withdraw, take out, draw off
     
14. Choose at random
    "draw a card";
    - cast
     
15. (baseball) earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
    "He drew a base on balls";
    - get
     
16. Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
     
17. To obtain a liquid from somewhere
    "The nurse drew blood"
     
18. Write a legal document or paper
     
19. Engage in drawing
    "He spent the day drawing in the garden"
     
20. Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
    "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains"
     
21. Allow a draft
    "This chimney draws very well"
     
22. Require a specified depth for floating
    "This boat draws 70 inches"
     
23. Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
    - quarter, draw and quarter
     
24. Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
    "A declining dollar drew down the export figures for the last quarter";
    - pull
     
25. Take in, also metaphorically
    "She drew strength from the minister's words";
    - absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up
     
26. 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";
    - attract, pull, pull in, draw in
     
27. Thread on or as if on a string
    "the child drew glass beads on a string";
    - string, thread
     
28. Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
    "The archers were drawing their bows";
    - pull back
     
29. Pass over, across, or through
    "He drew her hair through his fingers";
    - guide, run, pass
     
30. Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
    "The teams drew a tie";
    - tie
     
31. Shrink
    "The material drew after it was washed in hot water"
     
32. Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
    "draw wire"
     
33. Steep; pass through a strainer
    "draw pulp from the fruit"
     
34. Remove the entrails of
    "draw a chicken";
    - disembowel, eviscerate, embowel [archaic]
     
35. Flatten, stretch, or mould metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
    "draw steel"
     
36. Cause to localize at one point
    "Draw blood and pus"

Derived forms: Drews

See also: diffuse, draw up, level, pass over, pull, pull along, pull back, strung, tweak

Type of: actor, alter, arouse, arrange, ask, be, breathe in, call for, change, change form, change shape, choose, close, compose, create, create by mental act, create mentally, deform, demand, derive, displace, effect, effectuate, elicit, enkindle [literary], equal, equalise [Brit], equalize, equate, evoke, exposit, expound, fire, form, gain, go, histrion, indite [archaic], infuse, inhale, inspire, interpret, involve, kill, kindle, localise [Brit], localize, locomote, mark, match, modify, move, necessitate, need, pen, pick out, player, postulate, provoke, raise, remove, represent, require, role player, select, set forth, set up, shape, shut, steep, stretch, take, take away, thespian, thin, travel, withdraw, write

Antonym: bank, force, force back

Encyclopedia: Drew, Missouri