6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
How long her face is drawn!
Shak.
And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee.
J. R. Green. 7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an
instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.
8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence,
to represent by words; to depict; to describe.
A flattering painter who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Goldsmith.
Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move,
Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power?
Prior. 9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.
Clerk, draw a deed of gift.
Shak. 10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; — said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water);
as, a ship draws ten feet of water.
11. To withdraw. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Go wash thy face, and draw the action.
Shak. 12. To trace by scent; to track; — a hunting term.
Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its original sense, to pull, to move forward by the application
of force in advance, or to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous,
and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance by
threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill
with slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a bar of metal by continued beating.
To draw a bow, to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow. — To draw a cover,
to clear a cover of the game it contains. - - To draw a curtain, to cause a curtain to slide or move,
either closing or unclosing. "Night draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws." Herbert. — To draw a
line, to fix a limit or boundary. — To draw back, to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation.
— To draw breath, to breathe. Shak. — To draw cuts or lots. See under Cut, n. — To draw
in. (a) To bring or pull in; to collect. (b) To entice; to inveigle. — To draw interest, to produce or
gain interest. — To draw off, to withdraw; to abstract. Addison. — To draw on, to bring on; to occasion; to
cause. "War which either his negligence drew on, or his practices procured." Hayward. — To draw
(one) out, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another. — To draw out, to stretch or extend; to
protract; to spread out. — "Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?" Ps. lxxxv. 5. "Linked
sweetness long drawn out." Milton. — To draw over, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one
part or side for the opposite one. — To draw the longbow, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales.
— To draw (one) to or on to to move, to incite, to induce. "How many actions most ridiculous hast
thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?" Shak. — To draw up. (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to
form in writing. (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. "Drawn up in battle to receive the
charge." Dryden.
Syn. — To Draw, Drag. Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a natural inaptitude for
drawing, or positive resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled along the ground, or moved with
toil or difficulty. Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree
of force; it commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or provision exists for drawing. Draw is the
