draw

English

/dɹɔː/, /dɹɔ/, /dɹɑ/

verb
Definitions
  • To move or develop something.
  • To exert or experience force.
  • (fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
  • To change in size or shape.
  • To attract or be attracted.
  • (usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.
  • To disembowel.
  • (transitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
  • To choose by means of a random selection process.
  • (curling) To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
  • (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
  • (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
  • (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English drawen inherited from Old English dragan (draw, pull, drag, draw oneself, protract, go) inherited from Proto-Germanic *draganą (draw, drag, pull, carry) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (pull, draw, run, drag).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰregʰ-

Gloss

pull, draw, run, drag

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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