What is the meaning of the word "draw"?
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a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack noun
- I got a pair of kings in the draw.
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allow a draft verb
- This chimney draws very well
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an entertainer who attracts large audiences noun
- The singer was the biggest draw on the marquee for tonight's show.
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anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random noun
- the luck of the draw
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bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition verb
- I was drawn to despair.
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bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover verb
- draw a weapon
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cause to move by pulling verb
- draw a wagon
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choose at random verb
- draw a card
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engage in drawing verb
- The artist spent the day drawing in the garden.
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flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching verb
- draw steel
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in 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 noun
- The draw outsmarted the defense.
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make a mark or lines on a surface verb
- draw a line
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make, formulate, or derive in the mind verb
- I draw a line here
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move or pull so as to cover or uncover something verb
- draw the shades
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poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer noun
- The sailor played only draw and stud.
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pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him verb
- in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
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reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die verb
- draw wire
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remove the entrails of verb
- draw a chicken
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require a specified depth for floating verb
- This boat draws 70 inches
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select or take in from a given group or region verb
- The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population
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stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) verb
- The archers were drawing their bows
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suck in or take (air) verb
- draw a deep breath
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the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided noun
- the game ended in a draw
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write a legal document or paper verb
- The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office
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