draw | (noun) the act of drawing or hauling something | Synonyms: haul, haulage |
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(noun) poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer | Synonyms: draw poker |
(noun) (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 | Synonyms: draw play |
(noun) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | Synonyms: hook, hooking |
(noun) a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack | - |
(noun) anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random | Synonyms: lot |
(noun) the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided | Synonyms: standoff, tie |
(noun) a gully that is shallower than a ravine | - |
(noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attracter, attraction, attractor, drawing card |
(verb) cause to localize at one point | - |
(verb) shrink | - |
(verb) flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching | - |
(verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: disembowel, eviscerate |
(verb) reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die | - |
(verb) bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition | - |
(verb) steep; pass through a strainer | - |
(verb) make, formulate, or derive in the mind | Synonyms: make |
(verb) select or take in from a given group or region | - |
(verb) give a description of | Synonyms: depict, describe |
(verb) finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. | Synonyms: tie |
(verb) choose at random | Synonyms: cast |
(verb) suck in or take (air) | Synonyms: drag, puff |
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, describe, line, trace |
(verb) move or pull so as to cover or uncover something | - |
(verb) cause to move by pulling | Synonyms: pull |
(verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
(verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: attract, draw in, pull, pull in |
(verb) stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) | Synonyms: pull back |
(verb) pass over, across, or through | Synonyms: guide, pass, run |
(verb) thread on or as if on a string | Synonyms: string, thread |
(verb) represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface | - |
(verb) earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher | Synonyms: get |
(verb) engage in drawing | - |
(verb) write a legal document or paper | - |
(verb) elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. | - |
(verb) take liquid out of a container or well | Synonyms: take out |
(verb) bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover | Synonyms: get out, pull, pull out, take out |
(verb) move or go steadily or gradually | - |
(verb) to obtain a liquid from somewhere | - |
(verb) cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense | Synonyms: pull |
(verb) get or derive | Synonyms: reap |
(verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | Synonyms: draw off, take out, withdraw |
(verb) pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him | Synonyms: draw and quarter, quarter |
(verb) allow a draft | - |
(verb) require a specified depth for floating | - |
finedraw | (verb) sew together very finely | - |
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outdraw | (verb) draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight | - |
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overdraw | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overstate |
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(verb) draw more money from than is available | - |
withdraw | (verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: seclude, sequester, sequestrate |
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(verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | Synonyms: remove, take, take away |
(verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat |
(verb) take back what one has said | Synonyms: swallow, take back, unsay |
(verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | Synonyms: disengage |
(verb) lose interest | Synonyms: retire |
(verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat |
(verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | Synonyms: draw, draw off, take out |
(verb) cause to be returned | Synonyms: call back, call in, recall |
(verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: adjourn, retire |
(verb) withdraw from active participation | Synonyms: retire |
(verb) retire gracefully | Synonyms: bow out |