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drawe

drawe is the obsolete spelling of draw.

Meaning of draw

Verb

draw (third-person singular simple present draws, present participle drawing, simple past drew, past participle drawn or (colloquial and nonstandard) drew)

  1. (formal, often, transitive) To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
    • He drew a sheaf of papers from his bag.
    Synonyms:
    tug, yank, attract, hale, heave, lug, pull, schlep
  2. (transitive) To move (a body part) in a particular direction.
    • She settled in the window seat, drawing her leg up beneath her.
  3. (transitive) Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
    • She took a deep breath and drew her corset-strings.
  4. (transitive) To drag (something), especially along the ground.
    • Seals […] throw their bodies forward, drawing their hinder-parts after them.1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    hale, haul, drag, lug, schlep, tug
  5. (transitive) To pull (blinds, a curtain, etc.) open or closed.
    • She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight.
  6. (transitive) To pull out (a bolt or latch) to unlock a door, gate, etc.; also, to push in (a bolt or latch) to lock a door, gate, etc.

See all 156 meanings of draw

Forms of drawe

third-person singular presentdrawes
present participledrawing
pastdrewe
past participledrawen

Questions about drawe

What is drawe the obsolete spelling of?
Drawe is the obsolete spelling of draw.

Words near drawe in the dictionary

  1. drawcords
  2. drawdown
  3. drawdowns
  4. Drawdy
  5. Drawdys
  6. drawe
  7. drawed
  8. drawee
  9. drawees
  10. drawen
  11. drawer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drawe (page history and authors); draw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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