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

  • (..) So, you want to see them flying and hitting in one shot. -Right? -That's what we were thinking. He says he doesn't have enough people to draw ... We'll get on there. Let's go! One, two, three, go! One, two, (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited
  • (..) The immediate result of their comic background is that ... ... their storyboards were far more dramatic ... ... and the moments that they select to actually draw ... ... the snapshot in time, is often right on the head. The most maddening, the most emotionally evocative. The notion of storyboards (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited