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drawing

noun

  • An illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper.
    • usage: "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7"
  • A representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines.
    • usage: "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"
  • The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams.
    • usage: "he learned drawing from his father"
  • Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots.
  • Act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source.
    • usage: "the drawing of water from the well"
  • The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling.

verb

  • Cause to move by pulling.
    • usage: "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
  • Get or derive.
    • usage: "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
  • Make a mark or lines on a surface.
    • usage: "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
  • Make, formulate, or derive in the mind.
    • usage: "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks"
  • Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.
    • usage: "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
  • Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. On a surface.
    • usage: "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
  • Take liquid out of a container or well.
    • usage: "She drew water from the barrel"
  • Give a description of.
    • usage: "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
  • Select or take in from a given group or region.
    • usage: "The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population"
  • Elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc..
    • usage: "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"
  • Suck in or take (air. )
    • usage: "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
  • Move or go steadily or gradually.
    • usage: "The ship drew near the shore"
  • Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source. )
    • usage: "She drew $2, 000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
  • Choose at random.
    • usage: "draw a card"; "cast lots"
  • Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher.
    • usage: "He drew a base on balls"
  • Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition.
    • usage: "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close"
  • Cause to flow.
    • usage: "The nurse drew blood"
  • Write a legal document or paper.
    • usage: "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"
  • Engage in drawing.
    • usage: "He spent the day drawing in the garden"
  • Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something.
    • usage: "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains"
  • Allow a draft.
    • usage: "This chimney draws very well"
  • Require a specified depth for floating.
    • usage: "This boat draws 70 inches"
  • Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him.
    • usage: "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
  • Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense.
    • usage: "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
  • Take in, also metaphorically.
    • usage: "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
  • Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.
    • usage: "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"
  • Thread on or as if on a string.
    • usage: "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
  • Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow. )
    • usage: "The archers were drawing their bows"
  • Pass over, across, or through.
    • usage: "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
  • Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc..
    • usage: "The teams drew a tie"
  • Contract.
    • usage: "The material drew after it was washed in hot water"
  • Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die.
    • usage: "draw wire"
  • Steep; pass through a strainer.
    • usage: "draw pulp from the fruit"
  • Remove the entrails of.
    • usage: "draw a chicken"
  • Flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching.
    • usage: "draw steel"
  • Cause to localize at one point.
    • usage: "Draw blood and pus"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
develop

verb

  • Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
    • usage: "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique"
  • Work out.
    • usage: "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
  • Gain through experience.
    • usage: "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
  • Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes. )
    • usage: "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
  • Come into existence; take on form or shape.
    • usage: "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
  • Change the use of and make available or usable.
    • usage: "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
  • Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
    • usage: "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
  • Create by training and teaching.
    • usage: "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
  • Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.
    • usage: "The plot developed slowly";
  • Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.
    • usage: "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"
  • Become technologically advanced.
    • usage: "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
  • Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.
    • usage: "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"
  • Generate gradually.
    • usage: "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
  • Grow emotionally or mature.
    • usage: "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
  • Make visible by means of chemical solutions.
    • usage: "Please develop this roll of film for me"
  • Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
  • Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.
    • usage: "Spassky developed quickly"
  • Move into a strategically more advantageous position.
    • usage: "develop the rook"
  • Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.
    • usage: "develop the melody and change the key"
  • Happen.
    • usage: "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
  • Expand in the form of a series.
    • usage: "Develop the function in the following form"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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