The noun draw has 9 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) draw -- (a gully that is shallower than a ravine)
2. drawing card, draw, attraction, attractor, attracter -- (an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had")
3. draw, standoff, tie -- (the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie")
4. draw, lot -- (anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it")
5. draw -- (a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack; "he got a pair of kings in the draw")
6. hook, draw, hooking -- (a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking")
7. draw, draw play -- ((American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage)
8. draw, draw poker -- (poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer; "he played only draw and stud")
9. draw, haul, haulage -- (the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly")
Overview of verb draw
The verb draw has 36 senses (first 20 from tagged texts)
1. (13) pull, draw, force -- (cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled")
2. (10) reap, draw -- (get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association")
3. (10) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate -- (make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand")
4. (10) draw, make -- (make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?")
5. (9) draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out -- (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim")
6. (7) draw -- (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse")
7. (6) draw, take out -- (take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel")
8. (6) describe, depict, draw -- (give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack")
9. (6) draw -- (select or take in from a given group or region; "The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population")
10. (5) draw -- (elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter")
11. (5) puff, drag, draw -- (suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette")
12. (4) draw -- (move or go steadily or gradually; "The ship drew near the shore")
13. (3) withdraw, draw, take out, draw off -- (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank")
14. (3) draw, cast -- (choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots")
15. (2) draw, get -- (earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls")
16. (2) draw -- (bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition; "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close")
17. (1) draw -- (cause to flow; "The nurse drew blood")
18. (1) draw -- (write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office")
19. (1) draw -- (engage in drawing; "He spent the day drawing in the garden")
20. (1) draw -- (move or pull so as to cover or uncover something; "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains")
21. draw -- (allow a draft; "This chimney draws very well")
22. draw -- (require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches")
23. draw, quarter, draw and quarter -- (pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes")
24. pull, draw -- (cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter")
25. absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up -- (take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words")
26. attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in -- (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "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")
27. string, thread, draw -- (thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries")
28. pull back, draw -- (pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows")
29. guide, run, draw, pass -- (guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers")
30. tie, draw -- (finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; "The teams drew a tie")
31. draw -- (contract; "The material drew after it was washed in hot water")
32. draw -- (reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die; "draw wire")
33. draw -- (steep; pass through a strainer; "draw pulp from the fruit")
34. disembowel, eviscerate, draw -- (remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken")
35. draw -- (flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching; "draw steel")
36. draw -- (cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus")