draw
v.v. to create a picture using a pen or pencil. You can also use it to mean pulling something toward you or moving in a specific direction.
v. to produce an image on a surface by making lines and marks with a pen, pencil, or similar tool. Often used intransitively or with a direct object; also carries the sense of pulling or attracting something toward a specific point.
I like to draw pictures of my cat.
The artist sat in the park to draw the historic fountain while the sun was still high.
The speaker managed to draw a large crowd to the square, effectively capturing their attention with a series of compelling anecdotes about local history.
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
The verb is both transitive and intransitive. When it means to pull or attract, it often takes the preposition 'to' or 'towards'.
I have drawed a pictureI have drawn a pictureDraw is an irregular verb; the past participle is 'drawn', not 'drawed'.