[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

draw \draw\, v. i.
   1. to pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have
      force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well;
      the sails of a ship draw well.
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   note: a sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.
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   2. to draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a
      well.
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            the woman saith unto him, sir, thou hast nothing to
            draw with, and the well is deep.      --john iv. 11.
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   3. to exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or
      enticement.
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            keep a watch upon the particular bias of their
            minds, that it may not draw too much. --addison.
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   4. med. to have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a
      sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc.
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   5. to have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to
      furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.
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   6. to unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.
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            so soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou
            drawest, swear horrible.              --shak.
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   7. to perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation;
      to sketch; to form figures or pictures. "skill in
      drawing." --locke.
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   8. to become contracted; to shrink. "to draw into less room."
      --bacon.
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   9. to move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; --
      with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move
      off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead
      or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level,
      to move up even with another; to come up to or overtake
      another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to
      advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, draw
      nigh, or draw towards, to approach; to draw together, to
      come together, to collect.
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   10. to make a draft or written demand for payment of money
       deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon.
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             you may draw on me for the expenses of your
             journey.                             --jay.
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   11. to admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo
       draught; as, a carriage draws easily.
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   12. to sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
       "greater hulks draw deep." --shak.
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   to draw to a head.
       a med. to begin to suppurate; to ripen, as a boil.
       b fig.: to ripen, to approach the time for action; as,
           the plot draws to a head.
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see also:
to draw to a head 

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