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    drawn
    [drôn]
    verb
    1. past participle of draw
    adjective
    drawn (adjective)
    1. (of a person or a person's face) looking strained from illness, exhaustion, anxiety, or pain:
      "Cathy was pale and drawn and she looked tired out"
    draw
    [drô]
    verb
    drawn (past participle)
    1. produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks, especially with a pen or pencil, on paper:
      "he drew a map"
      • produce an image of (someone or something) by making lines and marks:
        "I asked her to draw me" · "she draws really well"
      • trace or produce (a line or mark) on a surface:
        "she drew a wavering line down the board" · "where will we draw the outer boundaries of this Europe?"
    2. pull or drag (something such as a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind:
      "a cart drawn by two horses"
      • pull or move (something) in a specified direction:
        "I drew back the blanket and uncovered the body"
      • gently pull or guide (someone) in a specified direction:
        "“David,” she whispered, drawing him aside"
      • move somewhere in a slow steady way:
        "the train drew into the station" · "the driver slowed as he drew level with me"
      • come to or arrive at a point in time or a specified point in a process:
        "the campaign drew to a close" · "the time for the parade is drawing near"
      • pull (curtains, blinds, or other such coverings) shut or open:
        "do you want me to draw the curtains?" · "she drew back the curtains and looked out"
      • make (wire) by pulling a piece of metal through successively smaller holes.
    3. extract (an object, especially a weapon) from a container or receptacle:
      "he drew his gun and peered into the gloomy apartment" · "he met them with a drawn sword"
    4. take or obtain (liquid) from a container or receptacle:
      "a wheel was built to draw water from the well"
      • obtain or withdraw (money) from a bank or other source:
        "as she is over 50 she can draw her pension immediately" · "he drew some cash from the machine"
      • take in (a breath):
        "Mrs Feather drew a long breath"
      • run (a bath):
        "I would have been drawing his bath"
      • (of a chimney, flue, or fire) allow air to flow in and upwards freely, so that a fire can burn:
        "failure of a fire to draw properly can have a number of causes"
      • hunting
        search (cover) for game:
        "many a time she had seen the hounds draw such a covert"
      • bridge
        (of the declarer) force the defenders to play (cards in a particular suit) by leading cards in that suit:
        "before establishing his diamonds, declarer must draw trumps"
      • (of tea) be left standing so that the flavour is extracted from the leaves:
        "a pot of tea is allowed to draw"
    5. be the cause of (a specified response):
      "he drew criticism for his lavish spending"
      • attract (someone) to come to a place or an event:
        "you really drew the crowds with your playing" · "customers drawn in by the reductions"
      • induce (someone) to reveal or do something:
        "opposition leaders refused to be drawn, preferring instead to take the high moral ground" · "he would not be drawn on the exact date for the election"
      • direct or attract (someone's attention) to something:
        "it was an outrage and we had to draw people's attention to it"
      • reach (a conclusion) by deduction or inference from a set of circumstances:
        "the moral to be drawn is that spending wins votes"
      • formulate or perceive (a comparison or distinction):
        "the law drew a clear distinction between innocent and fraudulent misrepresentation"
    6. select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.:
      "she drew a ticket and announced the number but no one claimed it"
    7. BRITISH ENGLISH
      finish (a contest or game) with an even score; tie:
      "Brazil had drawn a stormy match 1–1"
    8. disembowel:
      "there are numerous ways of drawing poultry" · "after a mockery of a trial he was hanged, drawn, and quartered"
    9. golf
      hit (the ball) so that it travels slightly to the left (for a left-handed player, the right), usually as a result of spin given to the ball. Compare with fade.
      "he had to learn to draw the ball—not least for the tee shots at Augusta"
      • (in bowls) cause (a bowl) to travel in a curve determined by its bias to the desired point.
      • billiards
        impart backspin to (the cue ball), making it move backwards after hitting an object ball.
    10. nautical
      (of a ship) require (a specified depth of water) to float in; have (a certain draft):
      "boats that draw only a few inches of water"
    11. nautical
      (of a sail) be filled with wind:
      "as the sail drew, he put the helm over to circle back"
    Origin
    Old English dragan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dragen and German tragen, also to draught.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    adjective
    1. (of a person or a person's face) looking strained from illness, exhaustion, anxiety, or pain:
      worn
      pinched
      haggard
      gaunt
      drained
      wan
      fatigued
      tired
      exhausted
      sapped
      spent
      tense
      stressed
      strained
      overburdened
      worried
      anxious
      harassed
      fraught
      hassled
      hollow-cheeked
      under pressure
    verb
    1. produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks, especially with a pen or pencil, on paper:
      sketch
      pencil
      portray
      depict
      delineate
      outline
      draft
      rough out
      illustrate
      render
      represent
      trace
      map out
      mark out
      plot
      chart
      design
      limn
      make a drawing (of)
      make a diagram (of)
      do drawings
    2. extract (an object, especially a weapon) from a container or receptacle:
      pull out
      take out
      bring out
      draw out
      produce
      extract
      withdraw
      unsheathe
      fish out
      Opposite:
      put away
      put up
    3. take or obtain (liquid) from a container or receptacle:
      drain
      extract
      withdraw
      remove
      suck
      pump
      siphon
      milk
      bleed
      tap
      void
      filter
      pour
      tip
      discharge
      transfer
    4. disembowel:
      disembowel
      eviscerate
      dress
      clean
      embowel
      gralloch
      paunch
      remove the innards from
      remove the guts from
      disbowel
      exenterate
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