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DRAW
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Irregular inflected forms: drawn , drew
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of drawing or hauling something
Example:
the haul up the hill went very slowly
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("draw" is a kind of...):
pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "draw"):
tow; towage (the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope)
Derivation:
draw (cause to move by pulling)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
Example:
he played only draw and stud
Synonyms:
draw; draw poker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("draw" is a kind of...):
poker; poker game (any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
Synonyms:
draw; draw play
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("draw" is a kind of...):
run; running; running game; running play ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team)
Domain category:
American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
Example:
he took lessons to cure his hooking
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("draw" is a kind of...):
golf shot; golf stroke; swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
Example:
he got a pair of kings in the draw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("draw" is a kind of...):
playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
Derivation:
draw (select or take in from a given group or region)
draw (choose at random)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
Example:
they drew lots for it
Synonyms:
draw; lot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("draw" is a kind of...):
object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
Derivation:
draw (select or take in from a given group or region)
draw (choose at random)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
Example:
their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("draw" is a kind of...):
finish (designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "draw"):
dead heat (a tie in a race)
stalemate (drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check)
Derivation:
draw (finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A gully that is shallower than a ravine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("draw" is a kind of...):
gully (deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour))
Sense 9
Meaning:
An entertainer who attracts large audiences
Example:
he was the biggest drawing card they had
Synonyms:
attracter; attraction; attractor; draw; drawing card
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("draw" is a kind of...):
entertainer (a person who tries to please or amuse)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they draw ... he / she / it draws
Past simple: drew
Past participle: drawn
-ing form: drawing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to localize at one point
Example:
Draw blood and pus
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
localise; localize (restrict something to a particular area)
Verb group:
draw (cause to flow)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
mature; suppurate (cause to ripen and discharge pus)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
Example:
draw steel
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
form; shape (give shape or form to)
Verb group:
draw (reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Remove the entrails of
Example:
draw a chicken
Synonyms:
disembowel; draw; eviscerate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
Meaning:
Steep; pass through a strainer
Example:
draw pulp from the fruit
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
infuse; steep (let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse)
Verb group:
draw (reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
Example:
draw wire
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
thin (make thin or thinner)
Verb group:
draw (flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching)
draw (steep; pass through a strainer)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Contract
Example:
The material drew after it was washed in hot water
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Verb group:
cockle; crumple; knit; pucker; rumple (to gather something into small wrinkles or folds)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 7
Meaning:
Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
Example:
The session was drawn to a close
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 8
Meaning:
Select or take in from a given group or region
Example:
The participants in the experiment were drawn from a representative population
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
draw (a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack)
draw (anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Make, formulate, or derive in the mind
Example:
What do you make of his remarks?
Synonyms:
draw; make
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Verb group:
make (calculate as being)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
Meaning:
Give a description of
Example:
He drew an elaborate plan of attack
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
exposit; expound; set forth (state)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
represent (describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality)
delineate (describe in vivid detail)
adumbrate; outline; sketch (describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 11
Meaning:
Choose at random
Example:
cast lots
Synonyms:
cast; draw
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
go; move (have a turn; make one's move in a game)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
draw (a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack)
draw (anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random)
drawing (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)
Sense 12
Meaning:
Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
Example:
The teams drew a tie
Synonyms:
draw; tie
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
equal; equalise; equalize; equate; match (make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching)
"Draw" entails doing...:
play (participate in games or sport)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
draw (the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided)
Sense 13
Meaning:
Suck in or take (air)
Example:
draw on a cigarette
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
breathe in; inhale; inspire (draw in (air))
"Draw" entails doing...:
smoke (inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 14
Meaning:
Pass over, across, or through
Example:
He drew her hair through his fingers
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Verb group:
draw; string; thread (thread on or as if on a string)
lead; run (cause something to pass or lead somewhere)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
thread (pass a thread through)
thread (pass through or into)
rub (move over something with pressure)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 15
Meaning:
Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
Example:
draw the curtains
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
close; shut (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 16
Meaning:
Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
Example:
The archers were drawing their bows
Synonyms:
draw; pull back
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
stretch (pull in opposite directions)
Verb group:
pull back (move to a rearward position; pull towards the back)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 17
Meaning:
Thread on or as if on a string
Example:
thread dried cranberries
Synonyms:
draw; string; thread
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Verb group:
draw; guide; pass; run (pass over, across, or through)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
bead (string together like beads)
wire (string on a wire)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 18
Meaning:
Cause to move by pulling
Example:
pull a sled
Synonyms:
draw; pull
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Verb group:
pull (apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion)
draw; pull (cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
pick off; pluck; pull off; tweak (pull or pull out sharply)
winch (pull or lift up with or as if with a winch)
jerk; yank (pull, or move with a sudden movement)
attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes)
cart; drag; hale; haul (draw slowly or heavily)
drag (pull, as against a resistance)
tug (pull or strain hard at)
pick; pluck; plunk (pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion)
stretch (pull in opposite directions)
abduct (pull away from the body)
adduct (draw a limb towards the body)
pull back (move to a rearward position; pull towards the back)
twitch (move or pull with a sudden motion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
draw (the act of drawing or hauling something)
drawing (the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling)
Sense 19
Meaning:
Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
Example:
The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers
Synonyms:
attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)
Verb group:
draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)
curl; curl up; draw in (shape one's body into a curl)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
tug (pull hard)
arrest; catch; get (attract and fix)
draw in; retract (pull inward or towards a center)
bring (attract the attention of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 20
Meaning:
Take in, also metaphorically
Example:
She drew strength from the minister's words
Synonyms:
absorb; draw; imbibe; soak up; sop up; suck; suck up; take in; take up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
mop; mop up; wipe up (to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop)
blot (dry (ink) with blotting paper)
sponge up (absorb as if with a sponge)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Also:
draw in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes)
draw in (draw in as if by suction)
Sense 21
Meaning:
Make a mark or lines on a surface
Example:
trace the outline of a figure in the sand
Synonyms:
delineate; describe; draw; line; trace
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
mark (make or leave a mark on)
Verb group:
draw (engage in drawing)
draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
write (mark or trace on a surface)
circumscribe (to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect)
circumscribe (draw a line around)
inscribe (draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible)
construct (draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)
Sense 22
Meaning:
Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
Example:
He drew a base on balls
Synonyms:
draw; get
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
effect; effectuate; set up (produce)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 23
Meaning:
Engage in drawing
Example:
He spent the day drawing in the garden
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
create (pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity)
Verb group:
delineate; describe; draw; line; trace (make a mark or lines on a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
drawer (an artist skilled at drawing)
drawing (the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams)
drawing (an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper)
Sense 24
Meaning:
Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
Example:
Draw me a horse
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)
Verb group:
delineate; describe; draw; line; trace (make a mark or lines on a surface)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
chalk out; sketch (make a sketch of)
fill in; shade (represent the effect of shade or shadow on)
cartoon (draw cartoons of)
diagram; plot (make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed)
doodle (make a doodle; draw aimlessly)
charcoal (draw, trace, or represent with charcoal)
check; checker; chequer (mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on)
crayon (write, draw, or trace with a crayon)
project (draw a projection of)
chalk (write, draw, or trace with chalk)
rule (mark or draw with a ruler)
delineate; limn; outline (trace the shape of)
pencil (write, draw, or trace with a pencil)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
drawer (an artist skilled at drawing)
drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)
drawing (an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper)
Sense 25
Meaning:
Write a legal document or paper
Example:
The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Also:
draw up (make up plans or basic details for)
Sense 26
Meaning:
Elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
Example:
The comedian drew a lot of laughter
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Verb group:
draw; reap (get or derive)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 27
Meaning:
Take liquid out of a container or well
Example:
She drew water from the barrel
Synonyms:
draw; take out
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Verb group:
draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover)
draw; draw off; take out; withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
draw (allow a draft)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
deglycerolise; deglycerolize (remove from glycerol)
rack (draw off from the lees)
suck (draw something in by or as if by a vacuum)
tap (draw (liquor) from a tap)
sluice (draw through a sluice)
siphon; siphon off; syphon (convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon)
pump (draw or pour with a pump)
milk (take milk from female mammals)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Also:
draw out (deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning))
Derivation:
drawing (act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source)
Sense 28
Meaning:
Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
Example:
The mugger pulled a knife on his victim
Synonyms:
draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Verb group:
pull (take away)
draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; rip out; take out; tear out (remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense)
draw; take out (take liquid out of a container or well)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
unsheathe (draw from a sheath or scabbard)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
drawer (a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out)
Sense 29
Meaning:
Move or go steadily or gradually
Example:
The ship drew near the shore
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 30
Meaning:
Cause to flow
Example:
The nurse drew blood
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Verb group:
draw (cause to localize at one point)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 31
Meaning:
Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
Example:
A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter
Synonyms:
draw; pull
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Verb group:
draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 32
Meaning:
Get or derive
Example:
He drew great benefits from his membership in the association
Synonyms:
draw; reap
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
Verb group:
draw (elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 33
Meaning:
Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
Example:
The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank
Synonyms:
draw; draw off; take out; withdraw
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Verb group:
draw; take out (take liquid out of a container or well)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draw"):
check out; cheque (withdraw money by writing a check)
dip (take a small amount from)
divert; hive off (withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions)
overdraw (draw more money from than is available)
tap (draw from or dip into to get something)
disinvest; divest (reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
drawee (the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment)
drawer (the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else)
Sense 34
Meaning:
Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
Example:
in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Synonyms:
draw; draw and quarter; quarter
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 35
Meaning:
Require a specified depth for floating
Example:
This boat draws 70 inches
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 36
Meaning:
Allow a draft
Example:
This chimney draws very well
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "draw" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Verb group:
draw; take out (take liquid out of a container or well)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Context examples:
A collection or single item of factual information, derived from measurement or research, from which conclusions may be drawn.
(Data, NCI Thesaurus)
Draws on social relationships and organizations to reach large populations through media and interpersonal strategies that deliver messages and mechanisms to reduce chronic diseases.
(Community Health Education, NCI Thesaurus)
If so, you will need to have blood drawn one or more times before the surgery.
(Blood Transfusion and Donation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Traditionally, minor surgery to draw marrow from the hipbones followed by collection of the stems cells from the donated marrow.
(Bone Marrow Donation, NCI Thesaurus)
To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect.
(Circumscribe, NCI Thesaurus)
I drew back behind the stonework, and looked carefully out.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
So she took the bread-shovel and drew them all out.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Plants and forests draw water out of the soil and exhale it into the atmosphere, impacting the balance of water and heat at our planet's surface, which fundamentally controls the weather.
(How trees affect the weather, National Science Foundation)
Franky Zapata also invented the original Flyboard, which is propelled by jets of water drawn up by a hose, unlike the Flyboard Air, which uses jets of air.
(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)
A drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts.
(Diagram, NCI Thesaurus)
