draw

draw

verb

Definition of DRAW

1

to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface <see if you can draw the bowl of fruit>

Synonyms picture

Related Words caricature, cartoon; crayon, ink, pencil; outline, profile; scrawl, scribble, sketch

2

to cause to follow by applying steady force on <draw a chair up to the fire and sit with us>

Synonyms drag, draw, hale, haul, lug, tow, tug

Related Words attract; heave, jerk, yank; carry, convey, ferry, move, transport

Near Antonyms shove, thrust

Antonyms drive, propel, push

3

to give a representation or account of in words <a writer who draws characters with lifelike clarity>

Synonyms delineate, depict, draw, image, limn, paint, picture, portray, render, set out, sketch

Related Words characterize, define, label, qualify, represent; demonstrate, illustrate; narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, tell; display, exhibit, show; hint, suggest; draft, outline, silhouette, trace, vignette; summarize, sum up, touch off; redescribe, reimage

Near Antonyms color, distort, falsify, garble, misdescribe, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp

4

to receive as return for effort <draws a hefty weekly salary>

Synonyms acquire, attain, bag, bring in, capture, carry, come by, draw, gain, garner, get, knock down, land, make, obtain, procure, pull down, realize, reap, secure, win

Related Words clear, gross, net; accomplish, achieve, notch (up), score; accumulate, amass, draw, rack up; catch, pick up; annex, occupy, take over; reacquire, reattain, recapture, regain, remake

Near Antonyms accord, give, grant, pay; give up, hand over, part (with), relinquish, surrender, yield

Antonyms forfeit, lose

5

to take away from a place or position <draw her aside so we can ask a quick question>

Synonyms clear, draw, take out, withdraw

Related Words demount, dislodge; abstract, cut, draw off, draw out, extract, pull; budge, dislocate, displace, disturb, move, shift, transfer, transpose

Near Antonyms mount; anchor, clamp, fix, hitch, moor, secure, set; embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root; set up, site, situate, stick

Antonyms place, position, put

6

to take the internal organs out of <hated the thought of having to pluck and draw a goose before cooking it>

Synonyms clean, disembowel, draw, eviscerate

Related Words bone, dress; cut, excise, extract, remove, withdraw, yank; transplant

7

to shape with a hammer <drew the metal into a thin sheet by pounding it>

Synonyms beat, draw, forge, pound

Related Words chase, planish; fashion, form, knead, model, mold, pat, work; coin, mint, stamp; abate, boast, carve, chisel, cut, grave, hew, knap, sculpt, sculpture