more general or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon,
but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.
Draw
(Draw) v. i.
1. To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse
draws well; the sails of a ship draw well.
A sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.
2. To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
John iv. 11. 3. To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.
Keep a watch upon the particular bias of their minds, that it may not draw too much.
Addison. 4. (Med.) To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; — said of a blister, poultice, etc.
5. To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.
6. To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.
So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou drawest, swear horrible.
Shak. 7. To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures. "Skill in
drawing." Locke.
8. To become contracted; to shrink. "To draw into less room." Bacon.
9. To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; — with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away,
to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to
draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or
retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to
draw together, to come together, to collect.
10. To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; — usually with on or
upon.
You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey.
Jay. 11. To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.
12. To sink in water; to require a depth for floating. "Greater hulks draw deep." Shak.
To draw to a head. (a) (Med.) To begin to suppurate; to ripen, as a boil. (b) Fig.: To ripen, to approach
the time for action; as, the plot draws to a head.
Draw
(Draw), n.
1. The act of drawing; draught.
2. A lot or chance to be drawn.
3. A drawn game or battle, etc. [Colloq.]
