draw

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make a mark or lines on a surface

   draw a line

2. 2
   verb

   engage in drawing

   The artist spent the day drawing in the garden.

3. 3
   verb

   write a legal document or paper

   The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office

4. 4
   verb

   bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

   draw a weapon

5. 5
   verb

   pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

   in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes

6. 6
   verb

   require a specified depth for floating

   This boat draws 70 inches

7. 7
   verb

   allow a draft

   This chimney draws very well

8. 8
   noun

   poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer

   The sailor played only draw and stud.

Etymology

The verb is derived from Middle English drauen, drawen, draȝen, dragen (“to drag, pull; to draw (out); to attract; to entice, lure; to lead; to make a drawing; to move, travel; etc.”), from Old English dragan (“to drag, draw”), from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry; to haul”), from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to carry; to pull, draw”); further etymology uncertain, often said to be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw”), but possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate root which is also the source of Latin trahō (“to pull, draw; etc.”). Doublet of drag and draught. The noun is…