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draw

Definition

  • verb: to make (a picture, image, etc.) by making lines on a surface especially with a pencil, pen, marker, chalk, etc., but not usually with paint
  • verb: to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance
  • often + 'for'
  • synonyms: pull, drag, attract

Examples

  • A good writer knows how to 'draw' readers 'in'. [=how to make readers interested; how to make people want to read something]

  • Many people have been 'drawing' comparisons 'between' the two movies. [=have been saying that the movies are similar]

  • When the huge crowd suddenly became unruly, security 'was quick on the draw'. [=security reacted very quickly]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) This wasn't cleverness. It was suicide! That is hilarious. This was a mistake. It's true. She does draw power from the Dark Dimension. Kaecilius. I came to you,... broken, lost, in need. and trusted you to be my teacher, (..)
    2016 Doctor Strange
  • (..) and bring all worlds into his Dark Dimension. And he hungers for Earth most of all. The pages that Kaecilius stole. The ritual to contact Dormammu and draw power from the Dark Dimension. Ahh... OK. OK. Ahm, I... I'm out. I... I came here to heal my hands, not to fight in some mystical war. (..)
    2016 Doctor Strange