To give motion to by the action of pulling; cause to move toward the force applied, or in the line of pull or traction: often with an adverb of direction: as, to draw a wagon, a train, or a load; to draw down the blinds.To pull along, as a curtain, or to pull with strings, as a purse, so as to open or to close it; pull across: as, to draw the bow across the strings of a violin.To remove or extract by pulling: as, to draw a sword (from its scabbard); to draw teeth; to draw a cork.To take or let out, as from a receptacle or repository; remove; withdraw: as, to draw water from a well or wine from a cask; to draw blood; to draw money from a bank; to draw the charge from a gun.To take, get, derive, or obtain, as from a source: as, to draw supplies from home; to draw consolation from the promises of Scripture.To lead or take along, as by inducement, persuasion, or command; induce or cause to go with one: as, to draw a person to the top of a hill.To lead or cause to come; bring by inducement or attraction; call up or together; attract: as, to draw a large audience; to draw lightning from the clouds.In billiards, to cause to recoil after impact, as if pulled back: as, to draw a ball.To allure; entice; induce: as, to draw the attention of an assembly.To elicit; evoke; bring out by some inducement or influence: as, to draw a confession from a criminal; to draw the fire of an enemy in order to ascertain his strength or gain some advantage; to draw down vengeance upon one's head.To deduce; infer: as, to draw conclusions or arguments from the facts that have come to light; to draw an inference.To extort; force out: as, the recital of his sufferings drew tears from every eye.To inhale or suck in; get or cause to pass by inhalation or suction: as, to draw a long breath; to draw air into the lungs; the dust is drawn into the chimney.To drain or let out the contents of; empty by drawing off a fluid from: as, to draw a pond.To drag along on the ground or other surface; move in contact with a surface: as, to draw the finger over anything.To eviscerate; disembowel: as, to draw poultry; hanged, drawn, and quartered. See hang, v.To extract the strength or essential qualities of; prepare by infusion: as, to draw tea.To extend by or as if by pulling; stretch; lengthen; prolong: as, to draw wire; to draw a long face.To pull to a certain point, as a bowstring or a bow, in order to release it with an impetus.To drag or force from cover, as a fox, badger, etc.; force to appear. See badger-baiting.To bring out by coaxing or stratagem; cause to declare one's views or opinions; betray into utterance.To produce; bring in: as, the deposits draw interest.To get or obtain, especially as due; take or receive by right, as for service, success in competition, etc.To trace; mark or lay out: as, to draw a straight line.To delineate; sketch in lines or words; depict: as, to draw a plan or a portrait; he drew a graphic picture of the condition of the city.To make a draft of; write out in form; in old use, to compose or compile: as, to draw a deed; to draw a check.Nautical, to require a depth of at least (so many feet of water) in order to float: said of a vessel: as, the ship draws 10 feet of water.In medicine, to digest and cause to discharge: as, to draw an abscess or ulcer by a poultice or plaster.In card-playing, to take or receive, as a card or cards not yet dealt from the pack, or one to which a player is entitled from another hand.In mining, to raise (ore) to the surface.To collect; bring together: as, to draw in one's loans.To entice, allure, or inveigle: as, he was cunningly drawn in by a schemer.To take or cause to flow: as, to draw off wine or cider from a vessel.To extract by distillation.To occasion; invite; bring about.To lengthen in time; cause to continue; protract.To cause to issue forth; draw off, as liquor from a cask.To extract, as the spirit of a substance.To detach; separate from the main body: as, to draw out a file or party of men.To range; array in line.To elicit by questioning or address; cause to be declared: call forth: as, to draw out facts from a witness.To lead to speak or act freely; obtain an unreserved exhibition of the opinions or character of: as, to draw out a bashful person at a party; to draw one out on religion or politics.To persuade or induce to revolt from an opposing party, and to join one's own party: as, some men may be drawn over by interest, others by fear.To bring together in regular order or arrangement, as in line of battle; array.To compose in due form, as a writing, in order to embody what has been proposed; prepare in writing: as, to draw up a petition; to draw up a memorandum of contract.