Lexic.us

Definition of Draw in

1. Verb. Pull inward or towards a center. "The cat retracted his claws"

2. Verb. Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes. "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"

3. Verb. Shape one's body into a curl. "She fell and drew in"

4. Verb. Advance or converge on. "The police were closing in on him"

5. Verb. Of trains; move into (a station). "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"

6. Verb. Draw in as if by suction. "Suck in your cheeks and stomach"

Definition of Draw in

1. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) To attract (groups of people). ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) To get someone involved. ¹

3. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive of night/darkness) To approach. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw In

draw-sheet draw-well draw a bath draw a bead on draw a blank draw a line draw a line in the sand draw and quarter draw attention draw away

draw back draw bridge draw close draw down draw even draw in (current term) draw left draw level draw near draw off

draw on draw one's last breath draw out draw play draw poker draw raise draw raises draw rein draw right draw sheet

Literary usage of Draw in

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Upon a suggestion, that the obstruction to the navigation might be avoided by making a draw in the bridge, or in some other manner equally convenient to the ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"16 we draw in the pencil Si the ray *i which posses FIG. 16. through the auxiliary centre S, it will be found that the corresponding ray Aj cuts it on MI. ..."

3. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"... within six months from the passing of this act, to form a draw in the bridge leading from Washington city to Alexandria, across the Potomac river, ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"draw in [draa- een], vii To draw back. A bully after hectoring and bragging, ... They can't go on so vast now, they be a-fo'ced to draw in, sure 'nough. 3. ..."

5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"Provide yourself with a set of large decoys; anchor them in the right place, being careful to set them in each a position that the birds will always draw in ..."

6. The School of Abuse: Containing a Pleasant Invective Against Poets, Pipers by Stephen Gosson (1841)
"... are in their dennes, for wearing them in the earth and nede not: eagles draw in their ... draw in ..."

7. Bulletin by Seventh-Day Adventists General Conference. Dept. of Education (1912)
"draw in and blend the surface of the lake. Make the hillsides gray with a lighter blending of chalk. Sketch in the trees with chalk and eraser, ..."

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