DRAW IN Synonyms

• American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)

• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

• lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl

• form a curl, curve, or kink

• shape one's body into a curl

• wind around something in coils or loops

• twist or roll into coils or ringlets

• play the Scottish game of curling

• a gully that is shallower than a ravine

• an entertainer who attracts large audiences

• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

• anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random

• a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack

• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

• (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage

• poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer

• the act of drawing or hauling something

• cause to move by pulling

• get or derive

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• make, formulate, or derive in the mind

• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

• represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface

• take liquid out of a container or well

• give a description of

• select or take in from a given group or region

• elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.

• suck in or take (air)

• move or go steadily or gradually

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• choose at random

• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

• bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition

• to obtain a liquid from somewhere

• write a legal document or paper

• engage in drawing

• move or pull so as to cover or uncover something

• allow a draft

• require a specified depth for floating

• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense

• take in, also metaphorically

• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

• thread on or as if on a string

• stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)

• pass over, across, or through

• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.

• shrink

• reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die

• steep; pass through a strainer

• remove the entrails of

• flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching

• cause to localize at one point

• the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you

• the force used in pulling

• special advantage or influence

• a device used for pulling something

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• a sustained effort

• cause to move by pulling

• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

• move into a certain direction

• apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

• perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

• steer into a certain direction

• strain abnormally

• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense

• operate when rowing a boat

• rein in to keep from winning a race

• tear or be torn violently

• hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing

• strip of feathers

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for

• take away

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• pull away from a source of disgust or fear

• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• pull inward or towards a center

• advance or converge on

• surround completely

• shape one's body into a curl

• to come or go into

• succeed in a big way; get to the top

• secure a place in a college, university, etc.

• of trains; move into (a station)

• occupy a place

• of trains; move into (a station)

• move into a new house or office

• take up as if with a sponge

• attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.

• draw in as if by suction