When you draw, or when you draw something, you use a pencil or pen to produce a picture, pattern, or diagram.

When a vehicle draws somewhere, it moves there smoothly and steadily.

If you draw somewhere, you move there slowly.

If you draw something or someone in a particular direction, you move them in that direction, usually by pulling them gently.

When you draw a curtain or blind, you pull it across a window, either to cover or to uncover it.

If someone draws a gun, knife, or other weapon, they pull it out of its container and threaten you with it.

If an animal or vehicle draws something such as a cart, carriage, or another vehicle, it pulls it along.

If you draw a deep breath, you breathe in deeply once.

If you draw on a cigarette, you breathe the smoke from it into your mouth or lungs.

To draw something such as water or energy from a particular source means to take it from that source.

If something that hits you or presses part of your body draws blood, it cuts your skin so that it bleeds.

If you draw money out of a bank, building society, or savings account, you get it from the account so that you can use it.

If you draw a salary or a sum of money, you receive a sum of money regularly.

To draw something means to choose it or to be given it, as part of a competition, game, or lottery.

A draw is a competition where people pay money for numbered or named tickets, then some of those tickets are chosen, and the owners are given prizes.

To draw something from a particular thing or place means to take or get it from that thing or place.

If you draw a particular conclusion, you decide that that conclusion is true.

If you draw a comparison, parallel, or distinction, you compare or contrast two different ideas, systems, or other things.

If you draw someone's attention to something, you make them aware of it or make them think about it.

If someone or something draws a particular reaction, people react to it in that way.

If something such as a film or an event draws a lot of people, it is so interesting or entertaining that a lot of people go to it.

If someone or something draws you, it attracts you very strongly.

If someone will not be drawn or refuses to be drawn, they will not reply to questions in the way that you want them to, or will not reveal information or their opinion.

In a game or competition, if one person or team draws with another one, or if two people or teams draw, they have the same number of points or goals at the end of the game.

When an event or period of time draws to a close or draws to an end, it finishes.

If an event or period of time is drawing closer or is drawing nearer, it is approaching.