draw

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Etymology

From Middle English drawen, draȝen, dragen (“to drag, pull, push, draw (out), go to, make, add, etc.”),^[1] from Old English dragan, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, pull”). Doublet of drag and draught.

cognates

Albanian dredh (“to turn, spin”)
Danish drage
Dutch dragen
German tragen (“to carry”)
Old Armenian դառնամ (daṙnam, “to turn”)
Sanskrit ध्रजस् (dhrájas, “gliding course or motion”)
West Frisian drage

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɹɔː/
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /dɹɔ/, [d͡ʒɹɔ], (intrusive r, New England) [d͡ʒɹɔɹ]
(Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹo/
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /dɹɑ/
Audio (General American): (file)
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Homophone: drawer (non-rhotic)
Rhymes: -ɔː

Verb

draw (third-person singular simple present draws, present participle drawing, simple past drew, past participle drawn or (colloquial and nonstandard) drew)

To pull or exert force.
1. To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction. [from 8th c.]
  He drew a sheaf of papers from his bag.
2. To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground. [from 10th c.]
  - 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World:
    Seals […] throw their bodies forward, drawing their hinder-parts after them.
3. (transitive) To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it. [from 11th c.]
  - 1569, Richard Grafton, “Richarde the Seconde”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC, page 351:
    And if any manner of perſon attempted to moue the King to infringe any parte of thys ordynaunce, and that being knowne, for the firſt time, he ſhould be depriued of his goodes and poſſeſſions, and for the ſecond time, to be drawen thorough the Citie, and ſo put to execution as an arrant traytor.
  - 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
    “[…] No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”
  - 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VIII, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
    Lys shuddered, and I put my arm around her and drew her to me; and thus we sat throughout the hot night. She told me of her abduction and of the fright she had undergone, and together we thanked God that she had come through unharmed, because the great brute had dared not pause along the danger-infested way.
  - 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
    At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.
4. (archery) To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting. [from 12th c.]
5. To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction. [from 13th c.]
  She settled in the window seat, drawing her leg up beneath her.
6. To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed. [from 13th c.]
  You should draw the curtains at night.
  - 1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:
    It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day.
  She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight.
7. (intransitive, now rare) To pull something along; to have force to move anything by pulling. [from 14th c.]
  This horse draws well.
8. To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc. [from 14th c.]
  - 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
    How long her face is drawn!
9. (now rare) To construct (a wall, canal etc.) from one point to another. [from 15th c.]
  - 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People:
    the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee
10. To require (a depth of water) for floating. [from 15th c.]
  A ship draws ten feet of water.
  - c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
    Greater hulks draw deep.
11. (reflexive) To assume a specific position or attitude. [from 17th c.]
  He drew himself to his full height and glowered at the interloper.
12. To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely. [from 17th c.]
  She took a deep breath and drew her corset-strings.
13. (curling) To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones. [from 18th c.]
14. (intransitive, now rare) To be pulled along (in a specified way). [from 19th c.]
  The carriage draws easily.
15. (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. [from 19th c.]
16. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left. [from 19th c.]
  - 2013, Nick Bradley, Kinetic Golf:
    […] the golfer thinks, “Ah! To draw the ball, I must be like the old pros and incorporate hand action through impact, twisting the clubhead to the left.” All you have to do to apply the spin needed to draw the ball left is to create a very small conflict between the clubface aim and the path the clubhead is traveling.
17. (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. [from 19th c.]
To attract, exert an influence on.
1. To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something. [from 9th c.]
  From the moment she entered the room, all eyes were drawn to her.
  
  His mind was drawn back to the events of the preceding morning.
  - 1964 April, “Letters: Rethinking emergency procedures”, in Modern Railways, page 274:
    Handsignalmen, where needed, ought to wear a conspicuous orange/yellow cape (like many road workmen) to draw attention to them.
2. To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person). [from 12th c.]
  - 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
    A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
  - 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
    The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
3. To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale. [from 13th c.]
  I drew a deep breath and wiped my brow.
  - 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
    Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. […] She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
  - 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life:
    So always look on the bright side of death, / Just before you draw your terminal breath.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement. [from 14th c.]
  - 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
    These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]
  - 1711 August 7 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, July 27, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 128; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
    Keep a watch upon the particular bias which nature has fixed in their minds, that it may not draw too much.
    The spelling has been modernized.
5. To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence. [from 14th c.]
  - 2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, in BBC Sport:
    In a desperately tight opening set, the pace and accuracy of the Serbian's groundstrokes began to draw errors from the usually faultless Nadal and earned him the first break point of the day at 5-4.
6. To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction). [from 16th c.]
  The president's comments have drawn strong criticism from rightwing media outlets.
7. (intransitive) To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion. [from 18th c.]
  The chimney won't draw properly if it's clogged up with soot.
To extend, protract.
1. (obsolete) To extend the duration of (something); to prolong. [10th–19th c.]
2. To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire. [from 13th c.]
  to draw a mass of metal into wire
3. To stretch or elongate. [from 14th c.]
  The dough was run through the pasta machine and drawn into a long ribbon.
4. (intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink. [from 17th c.]
  - 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
    water […] will shrink or draw into less room
5. (nautical) Of a sail, to fill with wind. [from 17th c.]
  A ship's sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.
To move, travel, approach.
1. (reflexive, now rare) To move in a specific direction. [from 12th c.]
  - 1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho:
    She thought she heard a noise in her chamber, and she drew herself within the casement.
2. (intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position. [from 13th c.]
  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.
  
  The end of the world draws near.
  
  Heavy clouds drew together above our heads.
3. To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time). [from 14th c.]
  As it drew towards evening, I packed up and headed for home.
  - 1962 October, “The Victoria Line was only part of the plan”, in Modern Railways, page 258:
    As the war drew to its end, it became evident that repairs and rebuilding in the heavily blitzed Greater London area would be so extensive as to afford opportunity for effective large-scale planning.
4. (hunting, now rare) To search for game; to track a quarry. [from 16th c.]
  - 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 87:
    On one of my expeditions, after a stormy night, at the end of March, the hounds drew all day without finding a fox.
To extract, remove, select.
1. To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.). [from 12th c.]
  They drew their swords and fought each other.
2. To take (water) from a well or other source. [from 13th c.]
  draw water from a well
  - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 4:11:
    The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
3. To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking. [from 13th c.]
  - 1709, William King, The Art of Cookery:
    In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe.
4. (transitive, medicine, now rare) To extract (pus, humours, etc.) by means of medical treatment. [from 14th c.]
5. To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process. [from 14th c.]
  - 1784, Edward Augustus Freeman, An essay on parliamentary representation, and the magistracies of our boroughs royal: […]‎:
    Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn.
6. To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery. [from 16th c.]
  The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.
  - 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
    In the drawing of lots, my sister drew her own room, and I drew Master B.'s.
7. To extract (a tooth). [from 16th c.]
8. To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar. [from 16th c.]
  - 1705, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed:
    Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves.
9. (card games) To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this. [from 16th c.]
  At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.
10. (transitive, obsolete) To withdraw. [from 17th c.]
  - 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
    Go, wash thy face, and draw thy action.
11. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning). [from 17th c.]
  We drew last time we played. I drew him last time I played him. I drew my last game against him.
  - 1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010:
    The game is won when a player places any of his pieces on the same square with his opponent's Princess, or when a Chief takes a Chief. It is drawn when a Chief is taken by any opposing piece other than the opposing Chief; […]
12. (intransitive, transitive) To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase. [from 18th c.]
  - 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 207:
    "There's your tay set for you an' drawin' nicely this minute, Miss Ethel," called old Bridget from the hall.
  - 1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 119:
    She made a pot of very strong tea, and while she was waiting for it to draw she opened the kitchen door to inspect her garden.
  Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for more than two minutes before pouring.
13. (intransitive) To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
  Jill has four diamonds; she'll try to draw for a flush.
14. To run (a bath). [from 19th c.]
15. (analogous) To consume (power).
  The circuit draws three hundred watts.
To obtain, elicit.
1. To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive. [from 13th c.]
  He drew comfort from the thought that he was not the first to suffer this way.
  
  She draws her subject matter from the events of her own life.
  - 2024 August 9, Laura Snapes, “It’s a femininomenon! How Chappell Roan slow-burned her way to stardom”, in The Guardian‎:
    [Chappell] Roan draws from the mega-pop of the 2010s, from Lady Gaga to Taylor Swift – then laces it with sexually frank asides and lavish doses of camp, and performs it with a maximalist, absurd aesthetic indebted to drag, John Waters and Freddie Mercury.
2. To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit. [from 14th c.]
  - c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
    I had thought, sir, to have held my peace until
    You have drawn oaths from him not to stay.
3. To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction). [from 16th c.]
  He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.
  - 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
    We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history.
4. To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc. [from 16th c.]
  to draw money from a bank
5. To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.) [from 19th c.]
  He refused to be drawn on the subject
To represent.
1. (transitive) To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement. [from 14th c.]
  A crude picture had been drawn on the wall of his poky apartment.
2. (transitive) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words. [from 14th c.]
  Her first novel contained a host of characters who were richly and convincingly drawn.
3. (transitive) To draw up, compose (a document). [from 14th c.]
  to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange
  - c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
    Clerk, draw a deed of gift.
4. (intransitive) To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings. [from 15th c.]
  When I came in she was drawing on a big piece of coloured paper.
5. (transitive) To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc. [from 16th c.]
  - 1774, [Oliver] Goldsmith, Retaliation: A Poem. […], new (2nd) edition, London: […] G[eorge] Kearsly, […], →OCLC, page 10:
    A flattering painter, vvho made it his care / To dravv men as they ought to be, not as they are.
  - 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “To Mr. Howard: An Ode”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, stanza I, page 70:
    Can I untouch'd the Fair ones Paſſions move? / Or Thou draw Beauty, and not feel it's Pow'r?
  - 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter III, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
    Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

Interjection

draw

(archery) pull back your bowstring in preparation to shoot

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present tense ...

infinitive	(to) draw
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	draw	drew
2nd-person singular	draw, drawest^†	drew, drewest^†
3rd-person singular	draws, draweth^†	drew
plural	draw	drew

subjunctive	draw	drew

imperative	draw	—

participles	drawing	drawn

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Conjugation of draw

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Derived terms

Translations

to produce a picture

Akkadian: 𒄯 (eṣēru, ḪUR)
Albanian: vizatoni
Arabic: رَسَمَ (ar) (rasama)
Egyptian Arabic: رسم (rasam)
Aragonese: dibuixar (an)
Armenian: նկարել (hy) (nkarel)
Assamese: আঁক (ãk)
Azerbaijani: şəkil çəkmək, cızmaq (of line, technical drawings, etc.)
Belarusian: рысава́ць impf (rysavácʹ), нарысава́ць pf (narysavácʹ), малява́ць impf (maljavácʹ), намалява́ць pf (namaljavácʹ), чарці́ць impf (čarcícʹ), начарці́ць pf (načarcícʹ)
Bulgarian: рису́вам (bg) impf (risúvam), нарису́вам (bg) pf (narisúvam)
Burmese: ပုံဆွဲ (my) (pumhcwai:)
Buryat: зураха (zuraxa)
Catalan: dibuixar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 畫／画 (yue) (waak⁶)

Mandarin: 畫／画 (zh) (huà), 繪／绘 (zh) (huì), 繪畫／绘画 (zh) (huìhuà)
Czech: kreslit (cs) impf, nakreslit pf
Danish: tegne (da)
Dutch: tekenen (nl)
Esperanto: desegni (eo)
Estonian: joonistama
Ewe: ta
Finnish: piirtää (fi), hahmotella (fi), luonnostella (fi)
French: dessiner (fr)
Galician: debuxar (gl)
Georgian: ხატვა (xaṭva)
German: zeichnen (de), malen (de), skizzieren (de), aufzeichnen (de), aufmalen, aufskizzieren, aufreissen (de), abzeichnen (de), abmalen (de)
Greek: σχεδιάζω (el) (schediázo), ζωγραφίζω (el) (zografízo)
Hebrew: צייר (he) (tsiyér)
Hindi: चित्र बनाना (citra banānā)
Hungarian: rajzol (hu)
Icelandic: teikna (is)
Ido: desegnar (io)
Indonesian: lukis (id)
Ingrian: risovoittaa, risuittaa
Italian: disegnare (it)
Japanese: 描く (ja) (かく, kaku, えがく, egaku)
Kalmyk: зурх (zurx)
Kaurna: watunthi
Kazakh: сурет салу (suret salu)
Khmer: គូរ (km) (kuu), គូររូប (kuuruup)
Korean: 그리다 (ko) (geurida)
Kyrgyz: сүрөт салуу (süröt saluu), сүрөт тартуу (süröt tartuu),чызуу (cızuu)
Lao: ແຕ້ມ (tǣm)
Latgalian: zeimēt
Latin: pingo (la)
Latvian: zīmēt (lv)
Lithuanian: piešti (lt)
Lü: ᦃᦲᧆᧈ (ẋiid¹), ᦞᦱᧆ (vaad)
Macedonian: цр́та impf (cŕta), на́црта pf (nácrta)
Malay: lukis (ms)
Manchu: ᠨᡳᡵᡠᠮᠪᡳ (nirumbi), ᠵᡳᠵᡠᠮᠪᡳ (jijumbi)
Maori: tātuhi
Middle English: drawen
Mongolian: зурах (mn) (zurax)
Nanai: илгалаори (ilgalaori)
Nepali: चित्र बनाउनु (citra banāunu), चित्रकारी गर्नु (citrakārī garnu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tegne (no)

Nynorsk: teikne
Persian: رسم کردن (rasm kardan)
Polish: rysować (pl) impf, narysować (pl) pf
Portuguese: desenhar (pt)
Romanian: desena (ro)
Russian: рисова́ть (ru) impf (risovátʹ), нарисова́ть (ru) pf (narisovátʹ), черти́ть (ru) impf (čertítʹ), начерти́ть (ru) pf (načertítʹ) (of line, technical drawings, etc.)
Scottish Gaelic: tarraing
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цр̏тати impf, на̀цртати pf

Roman: cȑtati (sh) impf, nàcrtati (sh) pf
Slovak: kresliť impf, nakresliť pf
Slovene: risati (sl) impf
Southern Altai: чийер (čiyer)
Spanish: dibujar (es)
Swedish: rita (sv), teckna (sv)
Tagalog: gumuhit, gumuhit, iguhit, magdrowing, idrowing
Tajik: расм кашидан (tg) (rasm kašidan), рассомӣ кардан (rassomi kardan)
Tamil: வரை (ta) (varai)
Telugu: గీయు (gīyu)
Thai: วาด (th) (wâat)
Tibetan: རི་མོ་འབྲི (ri mo 'bri)
Turkish: çizmek (tr)
Turkmen: çyzmak
Ukrainian: рисува́ти impf (rysuváty), нарисува́ти pf (narysuváty), малюва́ти impf (maljuváty), намалюва́ти pf (namaljuváty)
Urdu: کھینچنا (khī̃cnā)
Uzbek: chizmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: vẽ (vi), vạch (vi), dựng lên
Walloon: dessiner
Welsh: tynnu (cy)
White Hmong: kos duab
Yiddish: פֿאַרמאָלן (farmoln)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

to drag, pull

Azerbaijani: çəkmək (az)
Bulgarian: дърпам (bg) (dǎrpam)
Czech: táhnout (cs) impf
Danish: trække (da)
Estonian: tõmbama, vedama (et)
Finnish: vetää (fi), hinata (fi), raahata (fi), kiskoa (fi), tempoa
French: tirer (fr)
Friulian: tirâ
German: ziehen (de), schleppen (de), durchziehen (de), hineinziehen, herüberziehen, herausziehen (de), hinausziehen, recken (de), abheben (de), hereinziehen, wegziehen (de), herunterziehen, beziehen (de)
Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (tiuhan)
Hindi: घसीटना (hi) (ghasīṭnā)
Italian: trainare (it), tirare (it)
Latin: trahō (la)
Macedonian: вле́че (vléče), те́гне (tégne)
Middle English: drawen
Old English: dragan
Old Saxon: dragan
Ottoman Turkish: چكمك (çekmek)
Portuguese: puxar (pt)
Romanian: trage (ro)
Russian: тяну́ть (ru) impf (tjanútʹ), потяну́ть (ru) pf (potjanútʹ), тащи́ть (ru) impf (taščítʹ), потащи́ть (ru) pf (potaščítʹ)
Sanskrit: कर्षति (sa) (karṣati)
Spanish: jalar (es), tirar (es)
Tibetan: འཐེན ('then) (so as to make thinner), འདྲེན ('dren) (so as to convey)
Turkish: çekmek (tr)
Walloon: saetchî (wa), haetchî (wa), tirer (wa)
Yiddish: ציִען (tsien)
Zazaki: anten

to pull out, unsheath

Arabic: سَحَبَ (saḥaba), جَرَّ (jarra)
Armenian: ձգել (hy) (jgel), քաշել (hy) (kʻašel)
Azerbaijani: çəkmək (az)
Bulgarian: тегля (bg) (teglja), дърпам (bg) (dǎrpam), изтеглям (bg) (iztegljam)
Catalan: treure (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拉 (zh) (lā), 拖拉 (zh) (tuōlā)
Czech: vytahovat impf, vytáhnout (cs) pf, tasit (of a sword)
Danish: trække (da)
Dutch: trekken (nl)
Esperanto: eltiri
Finnish: vetää (fi)
French: dégainer (fr)
German: ziehen (de), herausziehen (de), zücken (de), blankziehen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: σπάω (spáō)
Hindi: खींचना (khī̃cnā), निकालना (hi) (nikālnā)
Indonesian: tarik (id), hunus (id)
Italian: estrarre (it)
Japanese: 引く (ja) (ひく, hiku)
Korean: 뽑다 (ko) (ppopda)
Latin: traho (la), abstraho, subduco, vello
Macedonian: и́звади (ízvadi), и́звлече (ízvleče)
Maori: maunu (a sword or other weapon)
Middle English: drawen
Ottoman Turkish: چكمك (çekmek)
Persian: کشیدن (fa) (kešidan)
Polish: wyciągać (pl), wyrywać (pl)
Portuguese: sacar (pt)
Russian: тяну́ть (ru) impf (tjanútʹ), потяну́ть (ru) pf (potjanútʹ), тащи́ть (ru) impf (taščítʹ), потащи́ть (ru) pf (potaščítʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: slaod, tarraing
Spanish: desenvainar (es), desenfundar (es),sacar (es)
Swedish: dra (sv)
Thai: ถอน (th) (tŏn), ชัก (th) (chák)
Tibetan: འདོན ('don)
Turkish: çekmek (tr)
Yiddish: ציִען (tsien)

to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out

Arabic: دَلَجَ (dalaja), غَرَفَ (ar) (ḡarafa), مَتَحَ (ar) (mataḥa)
Bulgarian: че́рпя (bg) impf (čérpja) (of water)
Catalan: extreure (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏟᎭ (atliha)
Czech: vytahovat impf, vytáhnout (cs) pf
Dutch: putten (nl)
Esperanto: ĉerpi
Finnish: juoksuttaa (fi), laskea (fi)
French: tirer (fr), puiser (fr), extraire (fr)
German: schöpfen (de), fördern (de), extrahieren (de), zapfen (de), saugen (de), abnehmen (de), erzeugen (de), holen (de), aufziehen (de), aufsaugen (de), erzielen (de), abzapfen, wegnehmen (de), heraufziehen (de), beziehen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀφύσσω (aphússō)
Hebrew: דָּלָה (he) (dalá)
Italian: estrarre (it), attingere (it)
Macedonian: цр́пи (cŕpi)
Middle English: drawen
Ngazidja Comorian: ureha
Portuguese: tirar (pt), extrair (pt)
Russian: че́рпать (ru) (čérpatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: deoghail
Spanish: extraer (es), sacar (es)
Tagalog: igib, kadlo
Tibetan: འཚག ('tshag)
Walloon: poujhî (wa)
Yiddish: צאַפּן (tsapn)

to attract

Bulgarian: привличам (bg) (privličam), примамвам (bg) (primamvam)
Catalan: atreure (ca)
Czech: přitahovat (cs) impf, přitáhnout pf
Dutch: aantrekken (nl)
Esperanto: allogi, altiri
Estonian: tõmbama, ligi tõmbama
Finnish: vetää (fi), houkutella (fi)
French: attirer (fr)
German: anziehen (de), hingezogen sein, anlocken (de), wecken (de), locken (de), erregen (de), auf sich ziehen, ernten (de)
Hindi: आकर्षित करना (ākarṣit karnā)
Italian: attirare (it), attrarre (it)
Korean: 끌다 (ko) (kkeulda)
Macedonian: при́влече (prívleče)
Middle English: drawen
Ottoman Turkish: چكمك (çekmek)
Polish: pociągać (pl)
Portuguese: atrair (pt)
Romanian: atrage (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: tarraing
Swedish: dra (sv), attrahera (sv)
Tibetan: ཁུག (khug)

to deduce or infer

Bulgarian: заключавам (bg) (zaključavam)
Catalan: inferir (ca), deduir (ca)
Czech: vyvozovat impf, vyvodit pf
Esperanto: konkludi (eo), dedukti
Estonian: tuletama
Finnish: vetää (fi)
French: tirer (fr), inférer (fr), inférer (fr)
German: schließen (de), ableiten (de), anknüpfen (de), aufbauen auf, an etwas ansetzen, sich auf etwas stützen, ermitteln (de), anstellen (de), vornehmen (de)
Hungarian: levon (hu)
Italian: trarre (it)
Korean: 끌어내다 (kkeureonaeda)
Macedonian: за́клучи (zákluči)
Polish: wyciągać wniosek
Portuguese: inferir (pt), deduzir (pt)
Spanish: inferir (es), deducir (es)
Swedish: dra (sv), härleda (sv)

to rely on

Catalan: confiar (ca)
Czech: využívat (cs) impf, využít (cs) pf
Finnish: luottaa (fi)
French: tirer (fr)
German: ziehen (de), schöpfen (de), zurückgreifen (de), verwenden (de), verlassen auf, beziehen (de), sich etwas bedienen, auf etwas stützen, auf etwas zurückgreifen, von etwas zehren
Indonesian: tarik (id), undi (id)
Italian: affidarsi (it), confidare (it), riporre (it)
Korean: 따르다 (ko) (ttareuda)
Macedonian: се по́тпре (se pótpre), по́тпре (pótpre), иско́ристи (iskóristi)
Polish: polegać (pl)
Portuguese: confiar (pt)
Spanish: confiar (es)
Swedish: lita på (sv)
Yiddish: שעפּן (shepn)

to disembowel — see disembowel

archery: to pull back the arrow

Czech: natahovat (cs) impf, natáhnout (cs) pf, napínat impf, napnout pf
Finnish: jännittää (fi)
German: spannen (de), zurückziehen (de)
Italian: tendere (it)
Middle English: drawen
Portuguese: puxar (pt)
Tibetan: བདུང (bdung)

to close curtains etc.

Bulgarian: дърпам (bg) (dǎrpam)
Czech: zatahovat impf, zatáhnout pf
Danish: trække for
Dutch: sluiten (nl)
Esperanto: fermtiri
Estonian: tõmbama
Finnish: sulkea (fi), vetää kiinni
German: zuziehen (de), schließen (de), vorziehen (de), aufziehen (de)
Italian: tirare (it)
Korean: 드리우다 (ko) (deuriuda)
Macedonian: тр́гне (tŕgne)
Middle English: drawen
Polish: zasuwać (pl)
Portuguese: fechar (pt)
Romanian: trage (ro)
Swedish: dra för (sv)
Turkish: çekmek (tr)

of drinks: to leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase

Czech: vyluhovávat impf, vyluhovat pf, louhovat impf
Finnish: vetäytyä (fi)
German: ziehen (de), ziehen lassen

to end a game with neither side winning

Bulgarian: завършвам наравно (zavǎršvam naravno)
Catalan: empatar (ca)
Czech: remizovat
Dutch: gelijkspelen (nl)
Esperanto: egalvenki
Estonian: viigistama, viiki mängima
Finnish: pelata tasan, päättyä tasapeliin
French: égaliser (fr)
German: unentschieden spielen, ausgleichen (de), gleichziehen (de), Gleichstand erzielen, remisieren (de)
Italian: pareggiare (it)
Korean: 비기다 (ko) (bigida)
Polish: remisować
Portuguese: empatar (pt) m
Russian: игра́ть вничью́ impf (igrátʹ vničʹjú), сыгра́ть вничью́ pf (sygrátʹ vničʹjú)
Spanish: empatar (es)
Thai: เสมอ (th) (sà-mə̌ə)

to consume

Czech: spotřebovávat (cs) impf, spotřebovat (cs) pf
Finnish: kuluttaa (fi)
German: ziehen (de), verbrauchen (de), brauchen (de), aufnehmen (de)
Italian: consumare (it)
Portuguese: consumir (pt)

to determine the result of a lottery

Bulgarian: тегля (bg) (teglja)
Czech: losovat impf, vylosovat pf
Danish: trække (da)
Dutch: trekken (nl)
Estonian: loosima
Finnish: arpoa (fi)
French: tirer (fr)
German: auslosen (de), ziehen (de), entnehmen (de), losen (de)
Polish: ciągnąć los
Portuguese: sortear (pt)
Romanian: trage (ro)
Russian: тяну́ть жре́бий impf (tjanútʹ žrébij), потяну́ть жре́бий pf (potjanútʹ žrébij)
Swedish: dra (sv)

cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand

Czech: snímat (cs) impf, sejmout (cs) pf
Finnish: nostaa (fi)
French: piocher (fr)
German: aufdecken (de), ziehen (de)
Hungarian: húz (hu)
Italian: pescare (it)
Portuguese: sacar (pt), comprar (pt)
Romanian: trage (ro)
Spanish: sacar (es), robar (es)
Thai: จั่ว (th) (jùua)

poker: to trade in cards

Finnish: vaihtaa (fi)
Italian: scambiare (it), cambiare (it)

to inhale — see inhale

to cause — see cause

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Esperanto: (3) ^{(please verify)} fidi al
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} menggambar (id)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} desena (ro)
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} kuchora

Noun

draw (countable and uncountable, plural draws)

That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
- 2007 June 24, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “Hong Kong Is Reshaped by Mainlanders”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-06-05, Asia Pacific‎:
  At the mountain’s base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. It has never been a big tourist draw, but in the decade since territorial control returned to China, this quintessentially Hong Kong neighborhood has had many more visitors — and important changes.
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
  After It, Clara became one of the top box-office draws in Hollywood, but her popularity was short lived.
The act of drawing:
1. The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
  the Wild West's quick-draw champion
2. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
  The draw is on Saturday.
  - 2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, in BBC‎:
    Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.
3. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
  - 2016 August 25, Mike Loades, The Composite Bow, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 21:
    This configuration offered the capacity for an exceptionally long draw – Manchu archers drew all the way back to the point of the right shoulder […]
The result of drawing:
2. The result of a contest that neither side has won.
  Synonym: tie
  
  Hyponym: stalemate
  
  The game ended in a draw.
3. (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).
That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
They're going to take away our draw! (referring to e.g. disability assistance)
1. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
- 1981, Stephen King, Do the Dead Sing?:
  She looked in [to the stove] and a tight, dismayed gasp escaped her. She slammed the door shut and adjusted the draw with trembling fingers. For a moment—just a moment—she had seen her old friend Annabelle Frane in the coals.
(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
(curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
(geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- 1918, Willa Cather, My Ántonia, paperback edition, Mirado Modern Classics, page 15:
  The garden, curiously enough, was a quarter of a mile from the house, and the way to it led up a shallow draw past the cattle corral.
(slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- 2011, Yvonne Ellis, Daughter, Arise: A Journey from Devastation to Restoration, page 54:
  So my friends and I would all chip in money to get a bag of weed or a draw.
(slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- 2003, “Soap Bar”, in The Manifesto‎, performed by Goldie Looking Chain:
  Selling draw to your mates but it's really Oxo cubes.
- 2017, Michael Coleman, Old Skool Rave, page 139:
  Mick spoke to Simon, who was more of a drinker. He said that people who smoked draw were boring.
(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.
- 2007, Ryan Wiseman, Earn $30,000 Per Month Playing Online Poker: A Step-By-Step Guide to Single, page 82:
  The player to your left immediately raises you the minimum by clicking the raise button. This action immediately suggests that he's on a draw
(horse racing) The stall from which a horse begins the race.

Synonyms

(the result of a contest in which neither side has won): stalemate
(dry stream bed that drains water during periods of heavy precipitation): wash, arroyo, wadi, dry creek

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something that attracts e.g. a crowd

German: Anziehungskraft (de) f, (of economy) Kassenmagnet m

tie as a result of a game

Arabic: تَعَادُل m (taʕādul)
Armenian: ոչ-ոքի (hy) (očʻ-okʻi)
Azerbaijani: heç-heçə (az)
Basque: adoste
Bulgarian: равенство (bg) n (ravenstvo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 平局 (zh) (píngjú), 和局 (zh) (héjú)
Czech: remíza (cs) f
Danish: remis
Dutch: gelijkspel (nl)
Esperanto: egalvenko
Estonian: viik (et)
Faroese: javnleikur m
Finnish: tasapeli (fi)
French: égalité (fr) f, match nul (fr), remise (fr) f
Georgian: ყაიმი (q̇aimi), ფრე (pre)
German: Unentschieden (de) n, Remis (de) n
Greek: ισοπαλία (el) f (isopalía), ισοβαθμία (el) f (isovathmía)
Hebrew: תיקו (he) (téko)
Hungarian: döntetlen (hu)
Icelandic: jafntefli n
Italian: pareggio (it) m
Japanese: 引き分け (ja) (ひきわけ, hikiwake)
Korean: 무승부 (ko) (museungbu)
Latvian: neizšķirts
Malay: seri (ms)
Maori: ōrite, haupārua
Norwegian: uavgjort
Polish: remis (pl) m
Portuguese: empate (pt) m
Romanian: egalitate (ro) f, remiză (ro) f
Russian: ничья́ (ru) f (ničʹjá), ра́вный счёт m (rávnyj sčot)
Spanish: empate (es) m
Swedish: oavgjort (sv) (adjective), remi (sv) n (in chess)
Turkish: beraberlik (tr)

procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined

Arabic: قُرْعَة f (qurʕa)
Bulgarian: теглене (bg) n (teglene)
Danish: lodtrækning
Dutch: trekking (nl) f
Estonian: loos (et)
Finnish: arvonta (fi)
French: tirage (fr) m (au sort)
German: Ziehung (de) f
Greek: κλήρωση (el) f (klírosi)
Italian: riffa (it) f, sorteggio (it) m
Norwegian: loddtrekning f
Polish: losowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: sorteio (pt) m
Romanian: tragere (ro) f
Russian: ро́зыгрыш (ru) m (rózygryš), жеребьёвка (ru) f (žerebʹjóvka)
Swahili: droo
Swedish: dragning (sv) c
Turkish: ad çekme (tr), çekiliş (tr), kura (tr)

cricket: result of a two-innings match in which at least one side ran out of time

golf: shot that curves intentionally

Finnish: draw (fi)

curling: shot that lands in play without hitting another stone out

geography: dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding

Estonian: suurveesäng
Finnish: joenpohja
German: Wadi (de) n

colloquial: cannabis

Finnish: hasa (fi)
German: Hasch (de) n

advance on future commissions

Finnish: palkkioennakko, ennakko (fi)

poker: a situation where a player has four out of the five cards for a straight or flush

Spanish: proyecto (es) m

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Thai: ^{(please verify)} เสมอ (th) (sàmĕr)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} çekmek (tr), ^{(please verify)} çizmek (tr)

References

[1]
“drauen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

“draw”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

-ward, Ward, ward

[1] [1]
“drauen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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