Definition of draws

"draws" in the noun sense

1. draw

a gully that is shallower than a ravine

2. drawing card, draw, attraction, attractor, attracter

an entertainer who attracts large audiences

"he was the biggest drawing card they had"

3. draw, standoff, tie

the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

"the game ended in a draw"

"their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie"

4. draw, lot

anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random

"the luck of the draw"

"they drew lots for it"

5. draw

a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack

"he got a pair of kings in the draw"

6. hook, draw, hooking

a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

"he took lessons to cure his hooking"

7. draw, draw play

American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage

8. draw, draw poker

poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer

"he played only draw and stud"

9. draw, haul, haulage

the act of drawing or hauling something

"the haul up the hill went very slowly"

"draws" in the verb sense

1. pull, draw

cause to move by pulling

"draw a wagon"

"pull a sled"

2. reap, draw

get or derive

"He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

3. trace, draw, line, describe, delineate

make a mark or lines on a surface

"draw a line"

"trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

4. draw, make

make, formulate, or derive in the mind

"I draw a line here"

"draw a conclusion"

"draw parallels"

"make an estimate"

"What do you make of his remarks?"

5. draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out

bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

"draw a weapon"

"pull out a gun"

"The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"

6. draw

represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface

"She drew an elephant"

"Draw me a horse"

7. draw, take out

take liquid out of a container or well

"She drew water from the barrel"

8. describe, depict, draw

give a description of

"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

9. draw

select or take in from a given group or region

"The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population"

10. draw

elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.

"The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"

"The comedian drew a lot of laughter"

11. puff, drag, draw

suck in or take (air

"draw a deep breath"

"draw on a cigarette"

12. draw

move or go steadily or gradually

"The ship drew near the shore"

13. withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

remove (a commodity) from (a supply source

"She drew $2,000 from the account"

"The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

14. draw, cast

choose at random

"draw a card"

"cast lots"

15. draw, get

earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

"He drew a base on balls"

16. draw

bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition

"She was drawn to despair"

"The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"

"The session was drawn to a close"

17. draw

cause to flow

"The nurse drew blood"

18. draw

write a legal document or paper

"The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"

19. draw

engage in drawing

"He spent the day drawing in the garden"

20. draw

move or pull so as to cover or uncover something

"draw the shades"

"draw the curtains"

21. draw

allow a draft

"This chimney draws very well"

22. draw

require a specified depth for floating

"This boat draws 70 inches"

23. draw, quarter, draw and quarter

pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"

24. pull, draw

cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense

"A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"

25. absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up

take in, also metaphorically

"The sponge absorbs water well"

"She drew strength from the minister's words"

26. attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in

direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

"Her good looks attract the stares of many men"

"The ad pulled in many potential customers"

"This pianist pulls huge crowds"

"The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"

27. string, thread, draw

thread on or as if on a string

"string pearls on a string"

"the child drew glass beads on a string"

"thread dried cranberries"

28. pull back, draw

stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow

"The archers were drawing their bows"

29. guide, run, draw, pass

pass over, across, or through

"He ran his eyes over her body"

"She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"

"He drew her hair through his fingers"

30. tie, draw

finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.

"The teams drew a tie"

31. draw

contract

"The material drew after it was washed in hot water"

32. draw

reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die

"draw wire"

33. draw

steep pass through a strainer

"draw pulp from the fruit"

34. disembowel, eviscerate, draw

remove the entrails of

"draw a chicken"

35. draw

flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching

"draw steel"

36. draw

cause to localize at one point

"Draw blood and pus"

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Quotations for draws

Liberality draws flattery. [ Proverb ]

Beauty draws more than oxen. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Nature draws more than ten teams. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A simple child,
That lightly draws its breath,
And feels its life in every limb,
What should it know of death? [ Wordsworth ]

Precept guides, but example draws. [ Proverb ]

Beauty draws us with a single hair. [ Pope ]

He that would win his dame must do
As love does when he draws his bow;
With one hand thrust the lady from,
And with the other pull her home. [ Butler ]

Like draws to like, the world over. [ Proverb ]

He is not free that draws his chain. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Winter draws out what summer laid in. [ Proverb ]

The time draws near the birth of Christ:
The moon is hid; the night is still;
The Christmas bells from hill to hill
Answer each other in the mist. [ Tennyson ]

Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt,
And every grin, so merry, draws one out. [ Dr. John Wolcott ]

Every one draws the water to his own mill. [ French Proverb ]

Every miller draws the water to his own mill. [ Proverb ]

The hour conceal'd and so remote the fear,
Death still draws nearer, never seeming near. [ Pope ]

One pair of ears draws dry a hundred tongues. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause. [ Homer ]

The man who consecrates his hours
By vigorous effort, and an honest aim.
At once he draws the sting of life and death;
He walks with nature; and her paths are peace. [ Young ]

Disgraces are like cherries, one draws another. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

O happiness of blindness! now no beauty
Inflames my lust; no other's goods my envy,
Or misery my pity; no man's wealth
Draws my respect; nor poverty my scorn,
Yet still I see enough! man to himself
Is a large prospect, raised above the level
Of his low creeping thoughts; if then I have
A world within myself, that world shall be
My empire; there I'll reign, commanding freely,
And willingly obeyed, secure from fear
Of foreign forces, or domestic treasons. [ Denham ]

Charity draws down a blessing on the charitable. [ Le Sage ]

Nature draws with greater force than seven oxen. [ German Proverb ]

Oh! if there be, on this earthly sphere,
A boon, an offering heaven holds dear,
'Tis the last libation Liberty draws
From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause. [ Moore ]

Silver, though white.
Yet it draws black lines; it shall not rule my palm
There to mark forth its base corruption. [ Middleton and Rowley ]

Care draws on care, woe comforts woe again,
Sorrow breeds sorrow, one grief brings forth twain. [ Dayton ]

One hair of a woman draws more than a team of oxen. [ Proverb ]

The horse that draws his halter is not quite escaped. [ Proverb ]

Who draws others into ill courses is the devil's factor. [ Proverb ]

He draws nothing well who thirsts not to draw everything. [ John Ruskin ]

The horse that draws after him his halter is not altogether escaped. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Who draws his sword against his prince, must throw away his scabbard. [ Proverb ]

The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than a fool from his friends. [ Proverb ]

The Italians say that a beautiful woman by her smiles draws tears from our purse. [ N. P. Willis ]

A man's reputation draws eyes upon him that will narrowly inspect every part of him. [ Addison ]

Literature draws its sap from the deep soil of human nature's common and everlasting sympathies. [ Lowell ]

In all cases of heart-ache, the application of another man's disappointment draws out the pain and allays the irritation. [ Lytton ]

Humour is a sort of inverse sublimity, exalting, as it were, into our affections what is below us, while sublimity draws down into our affections what is above us. [ Carlyle ]

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end. [ Colton ]

Like one who draws the model of a house beyond his power to build it, who, half through, gives o'er, and leaves his part-created cost a naked subject to the weeping clouds. [ William Shakespeare ]

No man can force the harp of his own individuality into the people's heart; but every man may play upon the chords of the people's heart, who draws his inspiration from the people's instinct. [ Kossuth ]

The best system of education is that which draws its chief support from the voluntary effort of the community, from the individual efforts of citizens, and from those burdens of taxation which they voluntarily impose upon themselves. [ Garfield ]

If you should take the human heart and listen to it, it would be like listening to a sea-shell; you would hear in it the hollow murmur of the infinite ocean to which it belongs, from which it draws its profoundest inspiration, and for which it yearns. [ Chapin ]

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart; it is not contempt; its essence is love: it issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. It is a sort of inverse sublimity, exalting, as it were, into our affections what is below us, while sublimity draws down into our affections what is above us. [ Carlyle ]

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The word draws is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

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draws in Words With Friends™

The word draws is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words within the letters of draws

2 letter words in draws (3 words)

3 letter words in draws (9 words)

4 letter words in draws (6 words)

5 letter words in draws (Anagrams) (3 words)

draws + 1 blank (7 words)

Words containing the sequence draws

Words that start with draws (3 words)

Words with draws in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving draws

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raw draw

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Longer words containing draws

drawstring drawstrings

indraws

misdraws

outdraws

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