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(v)
(transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
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To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
To describe or depict with words or gestures.
Nonstandard spelling of stand off. [To stand some distance apart from something or someone.]
(n)
(physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
(idiomatic) Synonym of drawcard (“something that attracts patronage to a place or an event”).
A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
(transitive) To follow the trail of.
(transitive) To represent in words.
(transitive) To create.
(idiomatic, transitive) To attract.
(transitive) To lift; to raise.
(transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
(transitive) To receive.
(transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
(transitive) To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
The business of transporting heavy goods.
(transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(transitive) To attach a hook to.
(slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
(transitive) To absorb, to soak up.
(idiomatic) To learn, especially passively or eagerly; to allow an experience to affect oneself.
(transitive) To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
(transitive) To disembowel; to remove the viscera.
(ambitransitive) To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
To remove.
(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
(transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
(transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
(transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
(intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
(transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
The tendency to attract.
(transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
(idiomatic, transitive) To remove something from a container.
To retreat.
(intransitive) To leave or escape.
To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
(poker) A form of poker where players can trade in cards for new ones and their cards are not shown until the showdown.
(transitive) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.
(N)
A draw play, or simply draw for short, is a type of American football play.
To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
(transitive, also figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.
(ambitransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing.
(countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
The act by which something is charted.
(transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
(transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
(transitive) To draw a chart or map of.
To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis.
(ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
(transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present.
The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
(transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
(transitive, literal, figurative) To mark or fix the limits of.
(ambitransitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.
(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
(transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
(transitive) To gather together; amass.
(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
To collect normally separate things.
To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
(transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
British standard spelling of emphasize.
(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
(intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
(intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
To copy or imitate, especially a person.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
(transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
(adj)
(sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
(transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
(transitive, chiefly US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
(intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
(sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
(transitive) To identify or locate (someone or something) precisely or with great accuracy.
(transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.