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

  • (..) an English passion... for converting the wicked to the paths of righteousness? Well, you're not in England now. And you never will be... unless I draw maps of England for your father. All right. You can keep the slave... for as long as you live. Odin's thanks for saving him. (..)
    1958 The Vikings
  • (..) -Now? -Why not? Einar! Gently, gently. I know. Brains, not brawn. He's got to draw us maps of the English coast! What man ever had a finer son? Odin could have sired him. But I did. Come! (..)
    1958 The Vikings