Draw

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1 Pronunciation 2 Verb 2.1 Translations 3 Noun 3.2 Translations 4 Related words 5 Related phrases

Pronunciation

to draw (drew, drawn)

1. to produce a picture on an appropriate background
2. to pull out (a gun, a tooth)
3. (upon): to rely on

   She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem

4. to determine the result of a lottery
5. to end a game with neither side winning

   The result will be a draw if nobody scores soon.

6. to attract

   I was drawn to her

7. (of curtains etc.) to close

   You should draw the curtains at night.

8. disembowel

   He will be be hung, drawn and quartered.

• Dutch: tekenen (1), trekken (2,3)
• French: dessiner (1), dégainer (2), tirer (3)
• German: zeichnen (1), ziehen (2, 3)
• Indonesian: menggambar / lukis (1), tarik (2,3), undi (3)
• Japanese: 描く (かく, kaku; えがく, egaku) (1)
• Polish: rysować (1), wyciągać (2), polegać (3), losować, ciągnąć los (4), remisować (5), pociągać (6), zasuwać (7), wypruwać wnętrzności (8)
• Romanian: desena
• Spanish: dibujar
• Swedish: teckna, rita (1), dra (2, 3)

1. when neither side wins in a game, a tie

   The game ended a draw.

2. something that comes out of a lottery

   The draw is on Saturday.

• Dutch: trekking f (2)
• French: égalité f (1), tirage m (2)
• Polish: remis m (1), losowanie n (2)
• Romanian: egalitate f (1), tragere f (2)

• drawback, drawbridge, drawing