What is the meaning of the word "draw"?

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

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