draw a bead on (informal)

To take aim at

tell one's beads

To say one's prayers

draw /drö/

transitive verb (pat drew /droo/; pap drawn)

1. To pull
2. To drag
3. To pull along
4. To bring forcibly towards or after one
5. To pull into position
6. To pull back
7. To pull back the string of
8. To pull together or away
9. To take (eg a raffle ticket) at random from a number
10. To entice, attract
11. To coax into giving information
12. To encourage to talk freely (usu draw out)
13. To inhale
14. To take out
15. To unsheathe
16. To withdraw
17. To cause to flow out
18. To evoke or bring out by some artifice
19. To extract by pulling
20. To extract the essence of
21. To eviscerate
22. To pull through a small hole, as in making wire
23. To deduce
24. To lengthen
25. To extend to the full length
26. To force to appear (eg to force a badger from its hole)
27. To receive or take from a source or store
28. To demand by a draft
29. To get by lot
30. To trace
31. To construct in linear form
32. To make a picture of by drawing lines
33. To describe
34. To put into shape, to frame
35. To write out (eg a cheque)
36. To require as depth of water for floating
37. To finish without winning or losing
38. To deflect the ball with the inside edge of the bat (cricket)
39. To hit (the ball) intentionally in such a way that it moves from right to left in the air (if right-handed) or from left to right (if left-handed) (golf)
40. To deliver (a bowl) so that it moves in a curve to the point aimed for (bowls)
41. To deliver gently (curling)
42. To force one's opponents to play (all their cards of a suit, esp trumps) by continually leading cards of that suit (bridge, etc)
43. To hit (the cue ball) so that it recoils after striking another ball (snooker, etc)
44. In a foundry, etc, to remove (a pattern) from a mould

intransitive verb

1. To pull
2. To practise drawing
3. To move
4. To make one's way, go
5. To resort
6. To approach
7. To make a draught
8. (of a flue, etc) to have a good current of air
9. To act as drawer
10. To draw a card, a sword or lots
11. To infuse
12. To end a game without winning or losing
13. To move in a curve to the point aimed for (bowls)

noun

1. The act of drawing
2. Assignment by lot of prizes, opponents in a game, etc
3. Anything drawn
4. A drawn or undecided game
5. An attraction
6. A drawer (of a chest of drawers; US)
7. A running play that is disguised to look like a passing play (American football)

drawˈable adjective

draweeˈ noun

1. The business or person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn
2. The bank on which a cheque is drawn

drawˈer noun

1. A person or thing that draws
2. The person who signs a cheque or bill of exchange
3. Someone who draws beer or fetches liquor in a tavern
4. /drör/ a thing drawn out, such as the sliding box in a chest of drawers
5. (in pl) a close-fitting undergarment for the lower part of the body and the legs

drawˈing noun

1. The art of representing objects or forms by lines drawn, shading, etc
2. A picture in lines
3. The act of assigning by lot
4. The act of pulling, etc

drawˈings plural noun

Any monies or other assets taken by the owner of a business, or paid by the business on the owner's behalf

drawn adjective

1. Pulled together
2. Closed
3. Neither won nor lost
4. Unsheathed
5. Eviscerated
6. Strained, tense
7. Etiolated (botany)
8. Pulled out, lengthened, as in cold drawn (engineering)

drawˈback noun

1. A disadvantage
2. A receiving back of some part of the duty on goods on their exportation

drawˈbar noun

1. A sliding bar
2. A bar used in coupling railway vehicles (also dragˈ-bar and draughtˈ-bar)

drawbar outfit noun

A lorry, whether or not articulated, with a trailer

drawˈ-boy noun

1. Orig the boy who pulled the cords of the harness in figure-weaving
2. A mechanical device for this purpose

drawˈbridge noun

1. A bridge that can be drawn up or let down as required
2. Bridge played by two people, with two dummy hands, not exposed

drawˈdown noun

1. A reduction, diminution
2. The withdrawing of funds up to a specified limit, esp (income drawdown) the withdrawal of money from one's pension fund (finance)

drawˈ-gear noun

The apparatus by which railway-cars are coupled

draw hoe noun

A hoe designed for pulling soil towards one, having a flat blade at about right angles to the handle

drawing board noun

1. A board, or a tilting surface attached to a desk, to which paper can be attached for drawing on
2. The planning stage of a project, etc (figurative)

drawˈing-frame noun

A machine in which carded wool, cotton or the like is drawn out fine

drawˈing-knife noun

A knife with a handle at each end, used by a cooper for shaving hoops by drawing it towards him

drawˈing-master noun

drawing paper noun

drawˈing-pen noun

drawˈing-pencil noun

drawing pin noun

A short broad-headed pin for fastening paper to a drawing board, etc

drawing room noun

1. In engineering, a room where plans and patterns are drawn
2. See also separate entry

drawˈing-table noun

(also draw-leaf table, draw-table and draw-top table) a table that can be extended in length by drawing out sliding leaves

drawˈ-net same as dragnet (see under drag).

drawnˈ-threadˈ work or drawn work noun

Ornamental needlework done by pulling out some of the threads of a fabric

drawˈ-plate noun

A plate supporting dies for drawing wire or tubing

drawˈ-sheet noun

(in nursing) a sheet that can be drawn out from under a patient

drawˈ-string or drawˈstring noun

A string or cord, etc, in a casing in or threaded through material, by which the material may be drawn or gathered up

adjective

Having or closed by such a string

draw-table, draw-top table see drawing-table above.

drawˈ-tube noun

A tube sliding within another, as in a form of telescope

drawˈ-well noun

A well from which water is drawn up by a bucket and apparatus

at daggers drawn

Openly hostile

draw a bead on see under bead

draw a blank

1. Literally, to get a lottery ticket that wins no prize
2. To get no result

draw a cover (or covert)

To send the hounds into a cover to frighten out a fox

draw attention to see under attention

draw back

1. To recoil
2. To withdraw

draw blank

To draw a cover, but find no fox

draw down (US)

To remove (troops) from a place where they have been stationed

draw, hang and quarter see under hang

draw in

1. To reduce, contract
2. To become shorter
3. (of nights) to begin earlier with the change of season

draw it fine

To be too precise

draw it mild (informal)

To refrain from exaggeration

draw near

To approach

draw off

1. To cause to flow from a barrel, etc
2. To withdraw

draw on

1. To approach
2. To pull on

draw on or upon

1. To make a draught upon
2. To make a demand upon (eg one's credulity, patience or resources)
3. To draw one's weapon against

draw on one's imagination

To make imaginative or lying statements

draw on one's memory

1. To try to remember
2. To make use of what one remembers

draw out

1. To leave the place (of an army, etc)
2. To lengthen
3. To entice into talk and self-expression

draw rein

To slacken speed, to stop

draw someone's attention to see under attention

draw stumps

To end play in cricket by removing the wickets

draw the cloth, board or table (archaic)

To clear up after a meal

draw the line

1. To fix a limit
2. To find finally and positively unacceptable

draw the long bow see under bow²

draw the teeth of

To make harmless

draw to a head

To mature

draw up

1. To form in regular order
2. To compose, put into shape
3. To stop

in drawing

Correctly drawn

out of drawing

Inaccurately drawn, or drawn in violation of the principles of drawing

out of the top drawer

Of top grade, esp socially