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

synonym: John Drew.

A gully that is shallower than a ravine.

An entertainer who attracts large audiences:
— He was the biggest drawing card they had.

synonyms: attracter, attraction, attractor, drawing card.

The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided:
— The game ended in a draw.

synonyms: standoff, tie.

Roget 27: equality, parity, coextension^†, symmetry, balance, poise; evenness, monotony, level.    equivalence; equipollence^†, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance^†; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum [Lat.]; identity etc. 13; similarity etc. 17.    equalization, equation; equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment, readjustment.    drawn game, drawn battle; neck and neck race; tie, draw, standoff, dead heat.    match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent.    ... show more

Polish: remis

Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random:
— The luck of the draw.

synonym: lot.

A playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack.

A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer.

synonyms: hook, hooking.

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.

synonym: draw play.

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

synonym: draw poker.

The act of drawing or hauling something.

synonyms: haul, haulage.

Dutch: goederenvervoer
Polish: ciągnięcie

Cause to move by pulling:
— Draw a wagon.

synonym: pull.

Roget 285: draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train; take in tow.    wrench, jerk, twitch, touse^†; yank [U.S.].    ... show more

Roget 800: amount to, come to, mount up to; touch the pocket; draw, draw upon; indorse etc. (security) 771; issue, utter; discount etc. 813; back; demonetize, remonetize; fiscalize^†, monetize.    circulate, be in circulation; be out of circulation.    [manufacture currency] mint (coins), coin; print (paper currency). [vary the value of money] inflate, deflate; debase; devalue, revalue.    [vary the amount of money] circulate, put in circulation; withdraw from circulation.    [change the type of currency] exchange currencies, change money.    charge interest; pay interest; lose interest.    ... show more

Dutch: sluiten, tekenen, putten, voorttrekken, slepen, meeslepen, meesleuren, trekken

Get or derive.

synonym: reap.

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, pluck; gather etc. (get) 775; draw.    appropriate, expropriate, impropriate^†; assume, possess oneself of; take possession of; commandeer; lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on; help oneself to; make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution; intercept; scramble for; deprive of.    take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off; adeem^†; abstract; hurry off with, run away with; abduct; steal etc. 791; ravish; seize; pounce upon, spring upon; swoop to, swoop down upon; take by storm, take by assault; snatch, reave^†.    snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up; kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on.    get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of.    catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at; reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand.    take from, take away from; disseize^†; deduct etc. 38; retrench etc. (curtail) 201; dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp; tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from; extort; deprive of, bereave; disinherit, cut off with a shilling.    oust etc. (eject) 297; divest; levy, distrain, confiscate; sequester, sequestrate; accroach^†; usurp; despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume^†, impoverish, eat out of house and home; drain, drain to the dregs; gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up; absorb etc. (suck in) 296; draw off; suck the blood of, suck like a leech.    retake, resume; recover etc. 775.    ... show more

Dutch: oogsten

Make a mark or lines on a surface:
— Draw a line.

synonyms: delineate, describe, line, trace.

Dutch: tekenen

Make, formulate, or derive in the mind:
— I draw a line here.
— Draw a conclusion.
— Draw parallels.

synonym: make.

Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover:
— Draw a weapon.

synonyms: get out, pull, pull out, take out.

Roget 301: extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate^†; unroot^†; uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge.    remove; educe, elicit; evolve, extricate; eliminate etc. (eject) 297; eviscerate etc. 297.    express, squeeze out, press out.    ... show more

Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface.

Take liquid out of a container or well.

synonym: take out.

Give a description of.

synonyms: depict, describe.

Select or take in from a given group or region.

Elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc..

Suck in or take (air):
— Draw a deep breath.
— Draw on a cigarette.

synonyms: drag, puff.

Move or go steadily or gradually.

Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source).

synonyms: draw off, take out, withdraw.

Choose at random:
— Draw a card.

synonym: cast.

Dutch: loten

Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher.

synonym: get.

Roget 775: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect etc. (assemble) 72; pick, pickup; glean.    find; come upon, pitch upon, light upon; scrape up, scrape together; get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure; derive, draw, get in the harvest.    profit; make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit; turn to profit, turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind; fill one's pocket etc. (wealth) 803.    treasure up etc. (store) 636; realize, clear; produce etc. 161; take etc. 789.    get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate^†, replevy [Law], redeem, come by one's own.    come by, come in for; receive etc. 785; inherit; step into a fortune, step into the shoes of; succeed to.    get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into possession.    be profitable etc. adj.; pay, answer.    accrue etc. (be received) 785.    ... show more

Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition.

Cause to flow.

Write a legal document or paper.

Engage in drawing.

Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something.

Allow a draft.

Dutch: trekken

Require a specified depth for floating.

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.

synonyms: draw and quarter, quarter.

Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense.

synonym: pull.

Dutch: trekken

Take in, also metaphorically.

synonyms: absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up.

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.

synonyms: attract, draw in, pull, pull in.

Roget 615: induce, move; draw, draw on; bring in its train, give an impulse etc. n.; to; inspire; put up to, prompt, call up; attract, beckon.    stimulate etc. (excite) 824; spirit up, inspirit; rouse, arouse; animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate; act upon, work upon, operate upon; encourage; pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder.    influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate; lead by the nose; have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon; go round, come round one; turn the head, magnetize; lobby.    persuade; prevail with, prevail upon; overcome, carry; bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses; draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over; procure, enlist, engage; invite, court.    tempt, seduce, overpersuade^†, entice, allure, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, carry away, charm, conciliate, wheedle, coax, lure; inveigle; tantalize; cajole etc. (deceive) 545.    tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook.    enforce, force; impel etc. (push) 276; propel etc. 284; whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge; egg on, hound, hurry on; drag etc. 285; exhort; advise etc. 695; call upon &c.; press etc. (request) 765; advocate.    set an example, set the fashion; keep in countenance.    be persuaded &c.; yield to temptation, come round; concede etc. (consent) 762; obey a call; follow advice, follow the bent, follow the dictates of; act on principle.    ... show more

Roget 288: attract, draw; draw towards, pull towards, drag towards; adduce.   

Dutch: intrekken

Thread on or as if on a string.

synonyms: string, thread.

Dutch: rijgen

Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow):
— The archers were drawing their bows.

synonym: pull back.

Pass over, across, or through.

synonyms: guide, pass, run.

Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc..

synonym: tie.

Dutch: draw, puntendeling, gelijkspel, gelijkspelen

Contract.

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

Steep; pass through a strainer.

Dutch: trekken

Remove the entrails of:
— Draw a chicken.

synonyms: disembowel, eviscerate.

Dutch: ontweiden, ontdarmen

Flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching.

Dutch: trekken

Cause to localize at one point.