3. To draw together or closer. Heat expands and cold contracts.
4. To draw away from. To take away a part of something, especially from one's credit. “Should I detract his worth, 'twould argue want of merit in myself.”
5. To draw apart or away. The attention is distracted when it is drawn apart from the thing in hand.
6. To draw out, to withdraw. Honey is sometimes extracted from the honeycomb and the comb replaced in the beehive.
7. To draw forward; to extend or prolong; as, “England desired not to protract the war.”
8. To draw back; to take back what has been said. When one finds he has said a hasty thing he would do well to retract it.
9. To draw back, as from an enemy. “Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat.”
10. To draw away; as apart from the whole. Literally to draw away from under, or in an underhanded way, as by stealth. The word is very seldom used literally.
11. A trace is one of the tugs or straps by which a vehicle is drawn.
12. A tractable child is one which can be easily led or drawn.