pret. drew; pp. drawn.

To pull along; to haul; to cause to move forward by force applied in advance of the thing moved or at the fore-end, as by a rope or chain. It differs from drag only in this, that drag is more generally applied to things moved along the ground by sliding, or moved with greater toil or difficulty, and draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree of force. Draw is the more general or generic term, and drag, more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.

To pull out, as to draw a sword or dagger from its sheath; to unsheathe. Hence, to draw the sword, is to wage war.

To bring by compulsion; to cause to come. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seat? James 2:6.

To pull up or out; to raise from any depth; as, to draw water from a well.

To suck; as, to draw the breasts.

To attract; to cause to move or tend towards itself; as a magnet or other attracting body is said to draw it.

To attract; to cause to turn towards itself; to engage; as, a beauty or a popular speaker draws the eyes of an assembly, or draws their attention.

To inhale; to take air into the lungs; as, there I first drew air; I draw the sultry air.

To pull or take from a spit, as a piece of meat.

To take from a cask or vat; to cause or to suffer a liquid to run out; a, to draw wine or cider.

To take a liquid form the body; to let out; as, to draw blood or water.

To take from an over; as, to draw bread.

To cause to slide; as a curtain, either in closing or unclosing; to open or unclose and discover, or to close and conceal. To draw the curtain is used in both sense.

To extract; as, to draw spirit from grain or juice.

To produce; to bring, as an agent or efficient cause; usually followed by a modifying word; as, piety draws down blessings; crimes draw down vengeance; vice draws on us many temporal evils; war draws after it a train of calamities.

To move gradually or slowly; to extend. They drew themselves more westerly.

To lengthen; to extend in length. How long her face is drawn. In some similes, men draw their comparisons into minute particulars of no importance.

To utter in a lingering manner; as, to draw a groan.

To run or extend, by marking or forming; as, to draw a line on paper, or a line of circumvallation. Hence,