DRAW

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Definition
DRAW has distinct meanings across several legal contexts. Researchers should determine which sense applies before consulting historical sources, as the definitions are not interchangeable. 1. Bill of exchange / negotiable instruments. To draw a bill of exchange, draft, or check is to prepare, execute, and deliver the instrument as the party ordering payment. The person who draws the instrument is the drawer; the party on whom it is drawn (ordered to pay) is the drawee. In this sense, "to draw" is the foundational act of creating a negotiable instrument. 2. Construction lending. A draw (also draw request or draw advance) is a disbursement of loan proceeds made in installments under a construction loan agreement, typically tied to verified stages of project completion. The schedule governing these disbursements is the draw schedule. Lenders condition each draw on inspections, lien waivers, and compliance certifications before releasing funds. 3. Tare / weight allowance. In commercial and customs contexts, draw (or drawback, sometimes used interchangeably in older sources with "tare") refers to an allowance made to a merchant or importer to account for probable loss of weight in goods sold or taxed by weight, or for the weight of packaging. This sense is distinct from customs drawback, which involves refund of duties on re-exported goods. 4. Criminal law (historical). In English criminal law, to draw meant to drag a condemned person — originally along the ground, later on a hurdle — to the place of execution. Drawing was a component of the punishment of hanging, drawing, and quartering, historically imposed for high treason. This sense is obsolete and has no modern operative legal meaning. ---
Common Language
Modern common usage (Wiktionary): To pull someone or something in a particular direction; to move a body part in a particular direction; to tighten something by pulling. Historical common usage (Webster's 1913): To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along, haul, or drag. The physical sense of pulling is the connective thread across all four legal meanings, but researchers cannot assume the common meaning controls any of them. In negotiable instruments law, drawing an instrument has nothing to do with physical force — it is a purely transactional act. In construction lending, a draw is a financial disbursement, not a physical act at all. Only the historical criminal law sense preserves the literal pulling meaning. ---
Common Confusion
DRAW vs. DRAWBACK: These are related but not synonymous. Draw in the weight-allowance sense compensates for expected loss in goods handled or weighed. Drawback in customs law is a refund or remission of duties paid on imported goods that are subsequently re-exported or used in manufacturing for export. Older commercial dictionaries sometimes treat these loosely, so confirm which concept the historical source intends. DRAW vs. DRAWER vs. DRAWEE: In negotiable instruments, the drawer is the party who draws (issues) the instrument; the drawee is the party on whom the instrument is drawn (ordered to pay). Conflating draw with drawee is a common error in reading older cases about dishonored instruments. ---
Recognized Forms
/SUBTYPES Draw request: The formal written demand submitted by a borrower to a construction lender to release a scheduled draw installment. Typically accompanied by documentation of completed work, invoices, and lien releases. Draw schedule: The agreed timetable and conditions governing the release of construction loan proceeds in stages. A central document in construction finance disputes. Drawback (customs): Refund of import duties on goods re-exported; distinct from draw as a weight allowance but sharing etymological roots and sometimes confused in historical sources. ---
Why It Matters in Research
The four meanings of draw occupy entirely different doctrinal territories, and historical dictionaries do not always clearly segregate them. Black's first edition leads with the criminal law sense, then addresses mercantile law — a sequencing that can mislead researchers who read only the opening definition. The construction lending sense does not appear in any of the historical shelf dictionaries because construction lending as a discrete legal field developed substantially in the twentieth century; researchers looking for draw in that context will find nothing useful in Bouvier, Burrill, or either edition of Black's. For negotiable instruments research, draw is foundational vocabulary. The drawer/drawee/payee tripartite structure runs through virtually all historical commercial law authorities. When reading nineteenth-century cases about bills of exchange, researchers must track whether the court is discussing the act of drawing, the status of the drawer, or obligations of the drawee — the term shifts reference within a single opinion. For construction lending, the operative meaning is entirely modern and corpus-specific. Law Mind's encyclopedia entry on draw schedules and construction loans is the correct starting point; historical dictionaries are not useful here. The weight-allowance sense of draw appears in customs and commercial cases from the nineteenth century and requires care. Anderson's entry is fragmentary on this point; the Black's second edition entry, supported by real cases involving customs classification and commercial weighing disputes, provides the more reliable historical treatment. ---
Historical Dictionary Support
All five shelf sources acknowledge the criminal law sense: dragging to the place of execution, with Burrill and Bouvier both citing 4 Blackstone Commentaries 92, 377. This convergence confirms the citation is reliable for historical punishment research, but no source offers meaningful elaboration beyond Blackstone's original account. Black's first edition is the only shelf source that explicitly addresses the mercantile law sense — noting that to draw a bill of exchange is to write and sign it — which is a notable gap in Bouvier and Burrill given how central bills of exchange were to nineteenth-century commerce. Researchers relying on Bouvier or Burrill alone for negotiable instruments vocabulary will miss this definition entirely. Anderson's entry is the most problematic: the surviving excerpt discusses overdrafts and equitable assignments in a context that appears to be a truncated entry, likely mid-definition from a longer passage. It cannot be relied upon for the draw definition itself and illustrates the need to verify Anderson's entries against other sources when the text appears fragmentary. Black's second edition addresses the weight-allowance meaning with case support. Those cases remain traceable and are worth pulling for customs and commercial weight-dispute research. No shelf source addresses the construction lending draw, which is expected given the chronology. ---
Jurisdictional Note
The negotiable instruments meanings of draw are substantially uniform across U.S. jurisdictions through the Uniform Commercial Code (Article 3). The construction lending draw is governed by loan agreement terms and applicable state lien and disbursement statutes, which vary enough to make jurisdiction-specific research essential in construction finance disputes. ---
Encyclopedia Cross-Reference
Construction Loans — Draw Schedules, Completion Guaranties, and Conversion to Permanent Financing (Law Mind Real Estate Transactions & Construction Encyclopedia) — directly covers the construction lending sense of draw, including draw schedules, draw requests, and lender protections. ---
Related Terms
Bill of exchange | Drawer | Drawee | Draft | Negotiable instrument | Drawback | Tare | Construction loan | Draw schedule | Lien waiver | Hangingdrawingand quartering (historical) | Overdraft | Payee
DRAWmain
Black's Law Dictionary • 1891
In old criminal practice. To drag (on a hurdle) to the place of exe- cution. Anciently no hurdle was allowed, but the criminal was actually dragged along the road to the place of execution. A part of the ancient punishment of traitors was the being thus drawn. 4 Bl. Comm. 92, 377. In mercantile law. To draw a bill of ex- change is to write (or cause it to be written) and sign it.
DRAWmain
Bouvier's Law Dictionary • 1928
To drag (on a hurdle) to the place of execution. Anciently no hurdle was allowed, but the criminal was actually dragged along the road to the place of exe- cution. A part of the ancient punishment of traitors was the being thus drawn. 4 Bla. Com. 92, 377.
DRAWmain
Anderson's Dictionary of Law • 1890
place, money to which the former may be entitled, either on account of balances due or advances upon consignments; and although they may sometimes be used for raising money that is not the necessary or ordinary purpose for which they are employed.1 See ASSIGNMENT, Equitable; DUPLICATE. Overdraft. The demand against a depositor in a bank after he has drawn out more money than his balance; also, the act of drawing too much, and the state of the account thereafter.2 As between a banking firm and a depositor not a member of the firm, an overdraft is a loan. The payment of the latter's check when no funds stand to his credit is an advance by the firm of its own money, for the repayment of which, with lawful interest, the customer is liable. It is payable absolutely and in full, without abatement or contingency, and so constitutes a loan in all its characteristics. If more than legal interest is paid, the borrower loses the excess above the legal rate, and if the contract stands and is carried out, the loss is absolute and certain. But the situation changes when the person making the overdraft is a member of the firm which advances it." (3) An allowance to an importer, when a duty is ascertained by weight, to insure good weight. "Tare" is allowed for the covering on the article. 2, υ. Το prepare in writing. See DRAW, 3. Draftsman. In equity practice, a person who prepares pleadings; also, one who manually writes a will. 1. To take from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund: as, to draw money from a bank or a trust, to draw a dividend or share. 2. To take names from the authorized receptacle: as, to draw a jury. 3. To write in form, prepare; to draw up: as, to draw, or draw up, a document or writing - deed, bill in equity, will, etc. 4. To produce, gain: as, for money to draw interest. 5. To drag (on a hurdle) to the place of execution: as, to draw a traitor, and to be drawn. See TREASON. Drawback. A remission of money paid as freight, taxes, or other charges. Compare
DRAWv.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow. He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. Spenser. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. Atterbury. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. Shak. All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart. Dryden. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc. The drew out the staves of the ark. 2 Chron. v. 9. Draw thee waters for the siege. Nahum iii. 14. I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood. Wiseman. To pull from a sheath, as a sword. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Ex. xv. 9. To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive. Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves. Cheyne. Until you had drawn oaths from him. Shak. To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive. We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history. Burke. To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank. To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize. To select by the drawing of lots. Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn. Freeman. To remove the contents of; as: To drain by emptying; to suck dry. Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated. Wiseman. To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. King. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. "Where I first drew air." Milton. Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. Dryden. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. How long her face is drawn! Shak. And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. J. R. Green. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe. A flattering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Goldsmith. Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power Prior. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. Clerk, draw a deed of gift. Shak. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water. To withdraw. [Obs.] Chaucer. Go wash thy face, and draw the action. Shak. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.
DRAWv.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well. To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. John iv. 11. To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement. Keep a watch upon the particular bias of their minds, that it may not draw too much. Addison. To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc. To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc. To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword. So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou drawest, swear horrible. Shak. To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures. "Skill in drawing." Locke. To become contracted; to shrink. "To draw into less room." Bacon. To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect. To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon. You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey. Jay. To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily. To sink in water; to require a depth for floating. "Greater hulks draw deep." Shak. To draw to a head. (a) (Med.) To begin to suppurate; to ripen, as a boil. (b) Fig.: To ripen, to approach the time for action; as, the plot draws to a head.
DRAWn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
The act of drawing; draught. A lot or chance to be drawn. A drawn game or battle, etc. [Colloq.] That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge. [U.S.]
drawverb
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To move (a body part) in a particular direction. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To drag (something), especially along the ground. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | Chiefly followed by aside or to one side: to move (someone) away from a group of people in order to speak to them privately. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To assume a specific attitude or position, either by pulling in or stretching out one's body or limbs. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To cause (a body part) to contract or shrink; also, to pull (the mouth, the face or features, etc.) out of shape from emotion, etc.; to distort. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To cause (someone or something) to go from one place to another, or from one condition to another. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To construct (a canal, wall, etc.) from one point to another. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To strike (the cue ball) below the centre so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to move backwards on striking another ball. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To cause (a bowl) to move in a curve to a certain place. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (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. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To play (a shot or a stone) that lands in the house (“circular target”). | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left (or, for a left-handed player, toward the right, originally in an uncontrolled and now a controlled manner. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | Of a vessel: to require (a certain depth of water) to float in. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To drag (someone) by tying behind a horse or on a frame as a form of punishment or torture, or to bring to a place of execution. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To kill someone as a form of punishment or torture by tearing apart (their body) by tying their limbs to horses which run in different directions; also, to tear (the limbs) from someone's body in this manner. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To pull back (an arrow or bowstring) in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause (a bow) to bend by pulling back the bowstring. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To subject (a number) to an arithmetic operation. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | to haul in (a fishing net) which has been cast; also, to drag (a fishing net) alongside a boat. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To hoist (a sail). | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To carry (a load) in a vehicle; to cart, to haul. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To sew together (the edges of a tear); also, to mend (a hole or tear) in fabric. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To use (a draught animal) to pull a plough or vehicle. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To attribute (something) to a person or thing; to ascribe. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To change (something) into another thing; to convert, to transform. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To convert (a passage) from one literary style to another (for example, from prose to verse); or to translate (a text) from one language to another. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To direct (one's heart, thoughts, etc.) in a certain way or towards someone or something. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To give (courage, strength, etc.) to oneself; to summon up; also, to produce (evil, wickedness, etc.) in oneself. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To give (words) a certain meaning, especially one which is distorted; to distort, to misrepresent. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | Followed by through: to pass (food) through a strainer. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To mix (an ingredient) with another ingredient or ingredients to form a liquid or paste; to mix (ingredients) together to form a liquid or paste. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To be (able to be) pulled in a particular direction or manner. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | Of blinds, a curtain, etc.: to be pulled open or closed. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | Of a bowl: to move in a curve to a certain place. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To make a shot that lands in the house. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | Followed by an adverb, such as deep or shallow: of a vessel: to require a depth of water of a certain characteristic to float in. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | Especially of a draught animal: to pull something, such as a plough or vehicle, along; to have force to move something by pulling. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | Of a plough or vehicle: to be pulled along in a specified manner. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To become contracted; to shrink. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To pull back an arrow or bowstring in preparation for shooting the arrow; also, to cause a bow to bend by pulling back the bowstring. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To work together towards a common aim; to cooperate, to pull together; also, to have a good relationship with; to get on with. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To be dragged along; to drag. | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | To pull at something; to tug. | Senses relating to attracting. | To induce (the attention, the eyes or mind, etc.) to be directed at or focused on something. | Senses relating to attracting. | To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action. | Senses relating to attracting. | To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially gravity or magnetism. | Senses relating to attracting. | To attract or provoke (a particular reaction or response) from someone. | Senses relating to attracting. | To cause (something) to occur as a consequence; to bring about. | Senses relating to attracting. | Followed by on or upon: to bring (disaster or misfortune) on oneself. | Senses relating to attracting. | To receive (a particular prison sentence). | Senses relating to attracting. | To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe in, to inhale. | Senses relating to attracting. | To cause (air) to be sucked into a duct, a room, etc. | Senses relating to attracting. | To drag or suck deeply on (a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement). | Senses relating to attracting. | To attract or provoke gunfire, either intentionally or unintentionally. | Senses relating to attracting. | To attract or influence a person or group of people; to be an inducement or enticement. | Senses relating to attracting. | To take a drink of a beverage, especially an alcoholic one; to swig. | Senses relating to attracting. | Of a duct, smoking implement, etc.: to allow air to be passed through it in order that combustion can occur. | Senses relating to attracting. | Followed by at or on: to drag or suck deeply on a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement. | Senses relating to attracting. | Chiefly followed by about or around: of a group of people: to come together; to assemble, to congregate, to gather. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | To make (something) larger or longer; to elongate, to stretch. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | Followed by out: to flatten (a piece of metal), usually by hammering. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | To make (wire) by pulling a rod or other piece of metal through one or more apertures; also, to stretch (a rod or other piece of metal) into a wire. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | To make (straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | To amount to (a certain quantity or sum). | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | To extend the duration of (something); to prolong. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | To stretch (someone) on a rack as a form of punishment or torture. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | To be made larger or longer; to be elongated or stretched. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | To make straw straight for thatching by pulling it through the hands. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | Of a sail: to fill with wind and become taut. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | To amount to a certain quantity or sum. | Senses relating to extending or protracting. | To extend in area or space; to spread, to stretch. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To extract (a tooth); to pull. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To extract (juice, oil, or some other fluid) from something by osmosis, pressure, or another process. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To extract (a small amount of liquid, especially blood) by puncturing a surface, or by using a pipette, syringe, or other suction device. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To pull out (a firearm, sword, or other weapon) from a holster, sheath, etc.; to unsheathe. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To take (a beverage) from a cask or keg using a pump or tap; to tap. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To take up (water) from a well or other source, especially by lifting in a container or pumping. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To soak up (a liquid, etc.); to absorb; specifically, of an organism (especially a plant) or one of its parts: to take in (nutrients, water, etc.). | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry (water) away. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | Chiefly in draw and quarter and hang, draw and quarter: to disembowel (someone), especially after hanging as a punishment for high treason. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To remove the viscera from (an animal, especially a bird) before cooking. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To attract (humours, pus, etc.), chiefly by bringing to the surface of the body, so it can be dispersed or removed; also, to treat (a wound) in this way. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove. | To raise (coal or ore) from an underground mine to the surface. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To select (one or more things) at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive something such as a prize, or undergo something such as an assignment; also, to select (someone) by this process; to win (a prize) in a lottery or lucky draw. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To conduct, or select the winning numbers, tickets, etc., for, (a lottery). | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To remove the contents of (something, especially a kiln or oven); to empty. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To fill a bathtub with (water for a bath); to run (a bath). | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To withdraw (something); specifically (gambling), to withdraw (a bet or wager); also (horse racing), to withdraw (a horse) from a race. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | Of a plant or its roots: to deplete (soil) of nutrients. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To separate (sheep) from a flock for a particular purpose, such as breeding or selling. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To fish by dragging a fishing net along (a shore) or in (a body of water). | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To search (a covert, a wood, etc.) for game or a quarry. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To end (a game or match) with neither side winning, that is, in a draw. | In a match scheduled to last for a certain period of time: to end (a match) with neither side winning because the team batting last has not completed its innings when the playing time concludes. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To separate (a length of lace made by machine) into sections by removing the threads connecting the sections. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To take milk from (a cow); to milk. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To separate (seeds) from the husks of clover or trefoil; also, to separate seeds from the husks of (clover or trefoil). | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To take (a wicket). | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To remove (a hawk) from a mew after it has moulted. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To steal (something) from a person, especially by picking a pocket; also to pick the pocket of (someone); to steal from (a place). | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To consume (power). | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To obtain, elicit. | To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To obtain, elicit. | To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To obtain, elicit. | To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction). | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To obtain, elicit. | To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To obtain, elicit. | To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.) | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To pull out a firearm, sword, or other weapon from a holster, sheath, etc. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To take up water from a well or other source, especially by lifting it in a container or pumping it. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To select one or more things at random from a collection of similar things to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | Of a bathtub: to be filled with water for a bath; to be run. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | Of a channel, drain, etc.: to carry water away. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | Of a liquid: to drain away, to percolate. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To treat a wound by attracting humours, pus, etc., chiefly by bringing such material to the surface of the body, so it can be dispersed or removed. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To be dealt or to take a playing card from the deck. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To take a domino from the stock. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To end a game or match with neither side winning, that is, in a draw; to tie. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To take alcoholic beverages from casks or kegs in an inn or tavern; to work as a drawer or barman. | Senses relating to extracting or selecting. | To remove a hawk from a mew after it has moulted. | Senses relating to moving or travelling. | To move in a specific direction. | Senses relating to moving or travelling. | To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position. | Senses relating to moving or travelling. | To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time). | Senses relating to moving or travelling. | To search for game; to track a quarry. | Senses relating to depicting or representing. | To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument. | Senses relating to depicting or representing. | To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces. | Senses relating to depicting or representing. | To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish. | Senses relating to depicting or representing. | Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money. | Senses relating to depicting or representing. | Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document). | Senses relating to depicting or representing. | To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe. | Senses relating to depicting or representing. | To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil. | Senses relating to depicting or representing. | To arrange or devise (something); to contrive. | Senses relating to depicting or representing. | To produce (a three-dimensional figure of something); to model, to mould, to sculpt. | Senses relating to depicting or representing. | To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings.
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Pull back your bowstring in preparation to shoot.
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That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd. | The act of drawing: | The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc. | The act of drawing: | The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined. | The act of drawing: | The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back. | The result of drawing: | The result of a contest that neither side has won. | The result of drawing: | The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie). | That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account). | That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account). | In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer. | Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper. | The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke. | A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade. | A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout. | A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding. | A bag of cannabis. | Cannabis. | A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight. | The stall from which a horse begins the race.

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