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draw v

Senses relating to depicting or representing. (transitive) To produce (a figure, line, picture, representation of something, etc.) with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument. (transitive) To carve or shape (something) by cutting off thin pieces. (transitive) To make (a comparison or contrast) between two or more things; to compare; to contrast, to distinguish. (transitive) Now chiefly in the form draw up: to compose or write (a piece of text, especially a formal document). (transitive) Often followed by on or upon and the person or institution providing the money: to write (a bill, cheque, or draft) to authorize payment of money. (transitive, figurative) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray (something) in words; to describe. (transitive, agriculture) To create (a furrow) by pulling a plough through soil. (transitive, obsolete) To arrange or devise (something); to contrive. To produce (a three-dimensional figure of something); to model, to mould, to sculpt. (intransitive) To produce an image of something with a piece of chalk, a crayon, a pen, a pencil, or other instrument; to make a drawing or drawings. [...] Today, the anniversary of the day Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452, is declared by the International Association of Art to be World Art Day to celebrate the fine arts.

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