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draw

Pronunciation: /dɹɑ/

The English word “draw” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
  2. To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
  3. Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
  4. To drag (something), especially along the ground.
  5. To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
  6. To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.
  7. Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately.
  8. To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs.
  9. To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort.
  10. To cause (someone or something) to go from one place to another, or from one condition to another.
  11. To construct (a canal, wall, etc.) from one point to another.
  12. To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball.
  13. To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place.
  14. Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (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.
  15. To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”).
  16. To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner.
  17. Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in.
  18. To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution.
  19. To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner.
  20. To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring.
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