# draw

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɹɑ/ · frequency rank #1,629

## Definitions
1. Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
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47. Senses relating to attracting.
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75. Senses relating to extracting or selecting.
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125. Senses relating to moving or travelling.
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129. Senses relating to depicting or representing.
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## Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English drauen, drawen, draȝen, dragen (“to drag, pull; to draw (out); to attract; to entice, lure; to lead; to make a drawing; to move, travel; etc.”), from Old English dragan (“to drag, draw”), from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry; to haul”), from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to carry; to pull, draw”); further etymology uncertain, often said to be from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw”), but possibly from a non-Indo-European substrate root which is also the source of Latin trahō (“to pull, draw; etc.”). Doublet of drag and draught.
The noun is derived from Middle English drau, draue (“action of shooting with a bow”), from drauen, drawen (verb).
cognates
* Albanian dredh (“to turn, spin”)
* Danish drage
* Dutch dragen
* German tragen (“to carry”)
* Old Armenian դառնամ (daṙnam, “to turn”)
* Sanskrit ध्रजस् (dhrájas, “gliding course or motion”)
* West Frisian drage

## Easily confused with
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-dw)
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-dry)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-dre)
- **DRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-drc)
- **DRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-drm)
- **dua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-dua)
- **DRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-dri)
- **DSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-dsa)
- **Dru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-dru)
- **drop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-drop)
- **drug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-drug)
- **drew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-drew)
- **dual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-dual)
- **drum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-drum)
- **drip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-drip)
- **dura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-dura)
- **dream** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-dream)
- **drawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-drawn)
- **draws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-draws)
- **drown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draw-vs-drown)

## Common misspellings (6)
`darw`, `ddraw`, `draww`, `drraw`, `drwa`, `rdaw`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/draw