Definition of drew

The noun drew has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

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

The verb draw has 36 senses? (first 20 from tagged texts)

(cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled")

(get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association")

(make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand")

(make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?")

(bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim")

(represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse")

(take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel")

(give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack")

(select or take in from a given group or region; "The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population")

(elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter")

(suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette")

(move or go steadily or gradually; "The ship drew near the shore")

(remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank")

(choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots")

(earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls")

(bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition; "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close")

(cause to flow; "The nurse drew blood")

(write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office")

(engage in drawing; "He spent the day drawing in the garden")

(move or pull so as to cover or uncover something; "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains")

(allow a draft; "This chimney draws very well")

(require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches")

(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")

(cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter")

(take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words")

(direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers")

(thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries")

(stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow); "The archers were drawing their bows")

(pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers")

(finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; "The teams drew a tie")

(contract; "The material drew after it was washed in hot water")

(reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die; "draw wire")

(steep; pass through a strainer; "draw pulp from the fruit")

(remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken")

(flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching; "draw steel")

(cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus")