DICTOMETER

GRABADO (Spanish for "drawing")

(drawing, engraved, engraving, image, picture, recorded, bilde, gravering, gravert, maleri, opptak, tegning)

1. Synonyms:
   • Drawing
   Definitions:
   • an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
   Examples:
   • It is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Drawing
   Definitions:
   • a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
   Examples:
   • Drawings of abstract forms
   • He did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Drawing
   • Draftsmanship
   • Drafting
   Definitions:
   • the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams
   Examples:
   • He learned drawing from his father
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Lottery
   • Drawing
   Definitions:
   • players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Drawing
   • Drawing off
   Definitions:
   • act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
   Examples:
   • The drawing of water from the well
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Draft
   • Draught
   • Drawing
   Definitions:
   • the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Pull
   • Draw
   • Force
   Definitions:
   • cause to move by pulling
   Examples:
   • Draw a wagon
   • Pull a sled
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Reap
   • Draw
   Definitions:
   • get or derive
   Examples:
   • He drew great benefits from his membership in the association
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Trace
   • Draw
   • Line
   • Describe
   • Delineate
   Definitions:
   • make a mark or lines on a surface
   Examples:
   • Draw a line
   • Trace the outline of a figure in the sand
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Draw
   • Make
   Definitions:
   • make, formulate, or derive in the mind
   Examples:
   • I draw a line here
   • Draw a conclusion
   • Draw parallels
   • Make an estimate
   • What do you make of his remarks?
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Draw
   • Pull
   • Pull out
   • Get out
   • Take out
   Definitions:
   • bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
   Examples:
   • Draw a weapon
   • Pull out a gun
   • The mugger pulled a knife on his victim
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Draw
   Definitions:
   • represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
   Examples:
   • She drew an elephant
   • Draw me a horse
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Draw
   • Take out
   Definitions:
   • take liquid out of a container or well
   Examples:
   • She drew water from the barrel
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Describe
   • Depict
   • Draw
   Definitions:
   • give a description of
   Examples:
   • He drew an elaborate plan of attack
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Draw
   Definitions:
   • select or take in from a given group or region
   Examples:
   • The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
    Examples:
    • The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans
    • The comedian drew a lot of laughter
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Puff
    • Drag
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • suck in or take (air)
    Examples:
    • Draw a deep breath
    • Draw on a cigarette
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • move or go steadily or gradually
    Examples:
    • The ship drew near the shore
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Withdraw
    • Draw
    • Take out
    • Draw off
    Definitions:
    • remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
    Examples:
    • She drew $2,000 from the account
    • The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    • Cast
    Definitions:
    • choose at random
    Examples:
    • Draw a card
    • Cast lots
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    • Get
    Definitions:
    • earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
    Examples:
    • He drew a base on balls
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
    Examples:
    • She was drawn to despair
    • The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum
    • The session was drawn to a close
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • cause to flow
    Examples:
    • The nurse drew blood
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • write a legal document or paper
    Examples:
    • The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • engage in drawing
    Examples:
    • He spent the day drawing in the garden
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
    Examples:
    • Draw the shades
    • Draw the curtains
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • allow a draft
    Examples:
    • This chimney draws very well
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • require a specified depth for floating
    Examples:
    • This boat draws 70 inches
    
    
23. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    • Quarter
    • Draw and quarter
    Definitions:
    • pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
    Examples:
    • In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
    
    
24. Synonyms:
    • Pull
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
    Examples:
    • A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter
    
    
25. Synonyms:
    • Absorb
    • Suck
    • Imbibe
    • Soak up
    • Sop up
    • Suck up
    • Draw
    • Take in
    • Take up
    Definitions:
    • take in, also metaphorically
    Examples:
    • The sponge absorbs water well
    • She drew strength from the minister's words
    
    
26. Synonyms:
    • Attract
    • Pull
    • Pull in
    • Draw
    • Draw in
    Definitions:
    • direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
    Examples:
    • Her good looks attract the stares of many men
    • The ad pulled in many potential customers
    • This pianist pulls huge crowds
    • The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers
    
    
27. Synonyms:
    • String
    • Thread
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • thread on or as if on a string
    Examples:
    • String pearls on a string
    • The child drew glass beads on a string
    • Thread dried cranberries
    
    
28. Synonyms:
    • Pull back
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
    Examples:
    • The archers were drawing their bows
    
    
29. Synonyms:
    • Guide
    • Run
    • Draw
    • Pass
    Definitions:
    • pass over, across, or through
    Examples:
    • He ran his eyes over her body
    • She ran her fingers along the carved figurine
    • He drew her hair through his fingers
    
    
30. Synonyms:
    • Tie
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
    Examples:
    • The teams drew a tie
    
    
31. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • contract
    Examples:
    • The material drew after it was washed in hot water
    
    
32. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
    Examples:
    • Draw wire
    
    
33. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • steep
    • pass through a strainer
    Examples:
    • Draw pulp from the fruit
    
    
34. Synonyms:
    • Disembowel
    • Eviscerate
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • remove the entrails of
    Examples:
    • Draw a chicken
    
    
35. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
    Examples:
    • Draw steel
    
    
36. Synonyms:
    • Draw
    Definitions:
    • cause to localize at one point
    Examples:
    • Draw blood and pus