Synonyms for draw


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : draw
Phonetic Transcription : drÉ”

Top 10 synonyms for draw Other synonyms for the word draw

Définition of draw

Origin :
  • c.1200, spelling alteration of Old English dragan "to drag, to draw, protract" (class VI strong verb; past tense drog, past participle dragen), from Proto-Germanic *draganan "carry" (cf. Old Norse draga "to draw," Old Saxon dragan, Old Frisian draga, Middle Dutch draghen, Old High German tragen, German tragen "to carry, bear"), from PIE root *dhragh- (see drag (v.)).
  • Sense of "make a line or figure" (by "drawing" a pencil across paper) is c.1200. Meaning "pull out a weapon" is c.1200. To draw a criminal (drag him from a horse to place of execution) is from early 14c. To draw a blank "come up with nothing" (1825) is an image from lotteries. As a noun, from 1660s; colloquial sense of "anything that can draw a crowd" is from 1881 (the verb in this sense is 1580s).
  • noun tie in competition
  • verb move something by pulling
  • verb create a likeness in a picture
  • verb deduce
  • verb allure, influence
  • verb take out, extend
Example sentences :
  • I have left a separate fund in a savings bank for her to draw upon.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • May she draw a husband, while drawing her water, as Rachel did of old.
  • Extract from : « A Rill from the Town Pump (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It were a pity, if all this outcry should draw no customers.
  • Extract from : « A Rill from the Town Pump (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • You see what you draw upon yourself by excelling all your sex.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • How'll they know that it was luck—that my gun stuck in the holster—and that you jumped me on the draw?
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • That, at least, is a legitimate inference to draw from the history of life on this planet.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • A partner has the right to draw out any, or all, of the partnership funds.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • But this time, instead of letting her draw away, he put out his arms and caught her to him.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • "I had to draw it a bit fine," declared Langdon, with apologetic remonstrance.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Take courage, then, and draw at once the knife from the wound.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Antonyms for draw

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