Word Finder - drawing

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To move or develop something.

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To exert or experience force.

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(fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.

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To change in size or shape.

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To attract or be attracted.

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(usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.

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She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem.

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To disembowel.

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To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).

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We drew last time we played.  I drew him last time I played him.  I drew my last game against him.

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To choose by means of a random selection process.

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To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.

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To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.

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To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.

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To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

The red planet beneath her was drawing closer.

Jonny asked, drawing abreast of Damian.

As I said before, back to the drawing board.

Strong arms slipped around her waist, drawing her back against him.

Now that it's light, the federal boys who are running this show are back to the drawing board.

He was drawing the subject away.

She caught her breath, drawing back.

Sarah sat in the drawing room reading.

She couldn't respond without drawing the man's attention.

We can't do more than that, though, without drawing the attention of the feds, the soldier told her quietly.

She reached up, sliding her hand behind his neck and drawing his face down to hers.

One hand on her waist, drawing her close, and the other gently cradling her face, he lowered his head.

Drawing water from a well and cooking on a wood stove would be inconvenient, but how complicated could it be?

They joined Sarah and Connor in the drawing room and related how far Elisabeth had run.

He stood and helped her up, drawing her into his arms.

Alex was instantly beside her, drawing her into his arms.

He ignored the senses warning him of the guards drawing near and instead smoothed dark hair from her face and listened for her breathing.

She scrambled to her feet, drawing her sword.

She pushed herself onto her elbows, drawing her legs to her chest.

A stench tickled her nose, drawing her from a heavy slumber.

Taran accepted it and put it on, drawing a proud smile from the youth.

Even so, she didn't know how to pull the armies from the south without drawing Sirian's or Memon's attention.

He wrapped his arms around her, drawing her limp frame against him.

He followed Hilden silently through the hold to the dungeon, drawing his sword as they neared the door.

Carmen sat up and leaned her back against the headboard, drawing her knees up to her chest.

He rolled over and put an arm around her waist, drawing her toward him gently.

One hand slid down her arm to her hand and the other claimed her waist, drawing her close.

His arm slipped around her waist, drawing her close, and she stared up into those unusual amber eyes.

You're saying that, instead of treating him like I do my teenage cousins, I should pretend I'm dealing with a five-year-old who's convinced his stick figure drawing is a masterpiece.

Even seated, he was drawing a crowd.

He sent the message and rolled onto his side, drawing Jessi into his body.

He smoothed away the tears and kissed her, drawing her far enough into his influence to calm her.

The blue dots in Texas disappeared, drawing his attention to the phone in his hand.

Boats drawing from 1 ft.

Vessels drawing 8 or 9 ft.

The original drawings for this map had to be done with exceptional neatness, the draughtsman spending twelve months on that which he would have completed in four months had it been intended to engrave the map on copper; yet an average chart, measuring 530 by 630 mm., which would have taken two years and nine months for drawing and engraving, was completed in less than fifteen months - fifty days of which were spent in " retouching " the copper plate.

Following Hipparchus he divided the equator into 360 drawing his prime meridian through the Fortunate Islands (Canaries).

Plutarch, drawing partly on Theopompus, speaks of his religion in his Isis and Osiris (cc. 46-47).

As it is impossible to preserve the natural colours of fungi, the specimens should, whenever possible, be accompanied by a coloured drawing of the plant.

The variations in external characters which lions present, especially in the colour and the amount of mane, as well as in the general colour of the fur, indicate local races, to which After a Drawing by Woll in Elliot's Monograph of the Felidae.

With a wild neigh of terror the animal fell bodily into the pit, drawing the buggy and its occupants after him.

Prince Andrew shook himself as if waking up, and his face assumed the look it had had in Anna Pavlovna's drawing room.

Drawing rooms, gossip, balls, vanity, and triviality--these are the enchanted circle I cannot escape from.

There she paused and stood listening to the conversation in the drawing room, waiting for Boris to come out.

Prince Vasili said no more and his cheeks began to twitch nervously, now on one side, now on the other, giving his face an unpleasant expression which was never to be seen on it in a drawing room.

Pierre went with Anna Mikhaylovna into the small drawing room.

Pierre well remembered this small circular drawing room with its mirrors and little tables.

While the guests were taking their leave Pierre remained for a long time alone with Helene in the little drawing room where they were sitting.

They were sitting in the large drawing room.

He entered the drawing room with his usual alert step, glancing rapidly round the company.