draw
part of speech
verb (draw, draws, drew, drawn, drawing); noun (a draw, draws)
meaning for a pupil
1) To draw means to make a picture or shape with a pencil, pen or crayon. tree →
2) To draw can also mean to pull or take out, like drawing a card or drawing water from a well. tree →
3) A draw is a game that ends with the same score for both sides. tree →
4) To draw the curtains is to close or open them. tree →
5) A draw is also picking names or tickets by chance, like a raffle. tree →
6) To draw near means to come closer in time or place, like a day that is getting nearer. tree →
sense in the lessons
maths: making pictures or shapes counted; drawing shapes and graphs with a ruler; drawing cards or balls from a bag (take away, chance); a game ending in a draw (a tie); art: drawing and sketching; everyday life: draw the curtains, a prize draw; phrases: «draw a line», «draw near», «draw up a plan»
examples
- She draws 4 pictures every day. tree →
- Draw a square with sides of 3 cm. tree →
- He draws a card from the deck. tree →
- The game ended in a draw. tree →
- Draw a bar graph of the results. tree →
- Please draw the curtains. tree →
- My name was picked in the prize draw. tree →
- The horse draws the cart. tree →
- “Let us draw lots,” Wendy said bravely. tree →
note
Usually the thing made is counted; drawing from a bag takes things out (subtract, or chance). Trap: a draw in a game means nobody won. Past forms: drew, drawn (not «drawed»). «Drawer» is a box in a desk.
In the corpora
- A reference is a photo or object you look at while you draw, like the photo Ling checked for her horse.
- Most people will not notice one wobbly line, and you can draw over it; sketchbooks are full of wobbly lines.
- Small shakes are normal; artists draw lightly with many strokes from the shoulder and elbow, then darken the line they like.
- Classic cartoons were drawn by hand, often on clear sheets called cels.
- Many TV cartoons are written in one country and drawn in another, often in South Korea, Japan or the Philippines.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «draw» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.