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

  • (..) - What said he? Then goes he to the length of all his arm, and with his other hand thus o'er his brow... ...he falls to such perusal of my face as he would draw it. Long stayed he so When at last, his head thus waving up and down, he raised a sigh so piteous and profound... (..)
    2015 Hamlet
  • (..) Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff that overlaps his base into the sea'? And there assumes some other horrible form which might deprive you of your reason... ...and draw you into madness. Think of it - It waves me still, I'll follow it - You shall not go, my lord - Hold off your hand (..)
    2015 Hamlet