draw vs drawer

Definitions

verb

1. take in, also metaphorically
2. suck in or take (air)
3. select or take in from a given group or region
4. move or go steadily or gradually
5. stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)

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noun

1. the act of drawing or hauling something
2. a gully that is shallower than a ravine
3. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
4. a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
5. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random

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Examples

There is a great deal of feeling and perhaps some bitterness, but do you not all agree with me that it is quite possible, since there is a fashion of armament in Europe, and since there has been no withdrawal on the part of the Admiralty from the stand taken by the First Lord some months ago, to have the entire Canadian people approach this situation in a calm and in an impartial manner?

If this approach has a drawback, it is that the zealous pursuit of the founding principle—disinterring the buried life, stamped under the sod by conniving male partners—sometimes obscures the fact that not a great deal gets added to the wider cultural landscape it is bent on illuminating.

I'd like to withdraw 1000 dollars from my savings account and put it in my check account.

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Definitions

noun

1. the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else
2. an artist skilled at drawing
3. a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out

Examples

Each door and drawer is individually finished by craftsmen to bring out the full beauty of the grain.

The players were top drawer.

Anne took a tea-towel from the dresser drawer.

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