Draw Up

Definition: Draw Up

Draw Up

Verb

1. Form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers.

2. Straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior".

3. Cause to stop; as of vehicles; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel".

4. Draw up the plans or basic details for; "frame a policy".

5. As of vehicles or their riders; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Draw Up

Description

Unfold a tale; (disclose) ; tell; give an account of, render an account of; report, make a report, draw up a statement.

Disapprobation

Decry; cry down, run down, frown down; clamor, hiss, hoot, mob, ostracize, blacklist; draw up a round robin, sign a round robin.

Order

Verb: be in order, become in order; Adjective: form, fall in, draw up; arrange itself, range itself, place itself; fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank; rally round.

Quiescence

Remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop; (discontinue).

Resistance

Kick, kick against; recalcitrate, kick against the pricks; oppose; fly in the face of; lift the hand against; (attack); rise up in arms; (war); strike, turn out; draw up a round robin; (remonstrate); revolt; (disobey); make a riot.

Writing

Compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate; dictate; inscribe, throw on paper, dash off; manifold.

Crosswords: Draw Up

Books

• Be Your Own Astrologer: All You Need to Know to Draw Up Your Birth Chart (reference)

• How to Draw Up Your Legal Separation, Cohabitation, or Property Settlement Agreement Without a Lawyer (reference)

• Peaceful Divorce or Separation: How to Draw Up Your Own Settlement Agreement With Your Spouse: The National Marital Settlement Kit (reference)

• The Well Is Deep: Prayers to Draw Up Living Waters (reference)

• Track Down Your Ancestors: And Draw Up Your Family Tree (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Germany shall draw up the necessary regulations to secure and guarantee such freedom of transit over such railways and waterways in her territory as normally give access to the free zone. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

To make sure you get all the answers you want, you may find it helpful to draw up a list of questions before each doctor's appointment. (references)

Business

Many people lack basic business skills or principles such as the ability to draw up a business plan or where to look for venture capital. (references)

Children

Japan

The Headquarters for Promoting the Welfare of Disabled Persons, set up by the Prime Minister's Office, in previous years recommended that municipalities draw up formal plans for the care of citizens with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kyrgyz Republic

In April the Government instructed the SCRA to draw up programs for training clergy and to prepare methodologies for the teaching of religion in public schools. (references)

Austria

A 1999 amendment to the asylum law, which authorizes the Ministry of Interior to draw up a "white list" of "safe third countries," drew sharp criticism from human rights and refugee advocacy groups, on the grounds that it compromises the principle of individual investigation of claims. (references)

Economic History

Ghana

The assembly was charged to draw up a draft constitution to establish a fourth republic, using PNDC proposals. (references)

Eq. Guinea

Banque Nationale de Paris has been mandated to draw up a model for a small screen based securities market for the Central African franc zone. (references)

Bahrain

Although it is not technically necessary to use a local attorney to draw up agency and sales agreements, it is generally advisable to do so. The U.S. Embassy can provide a list of local attorneys. (references)

Minorities

Ireland

The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act obliges local elected officials to draw up and implement Traveller accommodation plans on a 5-year basis and requires Traveller input in the process. (references)

Political Economy

JAPAN

Some entities continue to draw up tender specifications to favor a preferred vendor, using design-based specifications rather than more neutral performance-based specifications. (references)

Political Rights

Burma

Rather than accept the will of citizenry as expressed in the 1990 election, the junta convened a national convention in 1993 to draw up principles for a new constitution. (references)

Trade

Russia

As in cash transactions, companies are advised to stay engaged in all aspects of the deal, demand that commitments are met on schedule, and draw up contracts in accordance with Russian law to avoid tax and other problems. (references)

Worker Rights

Taiwan

Labor unions may draw up their own rules and constitutions, but they must submit these to the authorities for review. (references)

Indonesia

Private sector workers are by law free to form worker organizations without prior authorization, and unions may draw up their own constitutions and rules and elect their representatives. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "draw up": draw up a contract ♦ draw up a list ♦ draw up a petition ♦ draw up a round robin ♦ draw up a statement ♦ draw up an affidavit ♦ draw up in a battle formation ♦ draw up in an echelon ♦ To draw up ♦ to draw up the budget. Additional references.

Afrikaans

aansit (draw up to the table, put, put on, sit down to table). (various references)

Albanian

rri drejt, ndalet (discontinue, drop, heave to, put in, run down), hartoj (compile, compose, draw, frame, indite, make, redact). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كتب (compile, compose, draft, enter, inscribe, note down, pen, prescribe, publication, record, register, write, write down), ‏نص (purview, text, version), ‏صاغ (coin, fashion, forge, frame, model, mold, mould, put, redact, reduplicate, shape, state). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съставям (compile, compose, compound, design, draw, form, frame, indite, make, make out, plot, strike), строявам (align, form, line up), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold). (various references)

Chinese 

起草 (draft), 編� (compile, concoct, cook up, create out of the imagination, fabricate, invent, make up, work out), 編製 (authorized strength, braid, establishment, plait, weave, work out). (various references)

Czech

zastavit (arrest, call a halt, call off, cease, check, discontinue, halt, hock, immobilize, pawn, pull back, put in, quit, stay, stem, stop, suspend, tackle), sestavit (assemble, compile, erect, frame, make, make out, make up, piece together, put together, set), navrhnout (bring in, come up with, design, devise, draw, make a proposal, move, prefer, propone, propose, suggest, table), naèrtnout (block out, delineate, design, draft, draught, outline, touch off, trace), koncipovat (draft). (various references)

Danish

opstille en kandidatliste (to draw up the list of candidates), Forsamlingen traeder sammen for at vaelge sit praesidium og udarbejde sin forretningsorden (the Assembly shall meet in order to elect its officers and draw up its rules of procedure), Forsamlingen udarbejder forslag til afholdelse af almindelige direkte valg (the Assembly shall draw up Proposals for elections by direct universal suffrage), hver af Faellesskabets institutioner opstiller et overslag over sine udgifter (each institution of the Community shall draw up estimates of its expenditure), konstatere (to draw up and certify in legal form), opgørelse over et forsikringsforløb (to assemble someone's insurance record, to draw up someone's insurance history, to draw up someone's insurance record), at tage hoejde for kullenes opspraekning og udarbejde et saet kurver, der viser vandindsproejtningsforloebet i de paagaeldende lag (to take into account the state of fissuring of the coal and to draw up the infusability curves of the seams to be treated), opstille budget (to draw up the budget, to make the budget), skrive protokol fra et moede (to draw up the minutes of a meeting, to write the minutes of a meeting), opstille en tarif (to draw up a tariff), opstille faelles definitioner af special-og faguddannelser (to draw up common definitions of skilled trades and qualifications therefor), opstille lister over ansøgere (to draw up the lists of candidates), opstille vejledende programmer for den paaregnede udvikling af produktionen (to draw up programmes indicating foreseeable developments in production), optage protokol (to draw up a report concerning a person, to report on a person), optage protokol fra et moede (to draw up the minutes of a meeting, to write the minutes of a meeting), opstille balance (to draw up a balance sheet). (various references)

Dutch

de kandidatenlijst opstellen (to draw up the list of candidates, to draw up the lists of candidates), de verschillende soorten van vakarbeid en de kenmerken van vakbekwaamheid omschrijven (to draw up common definitions of skilled trades and qualifications therefor), de Vergadering stelt ontwerpen op voor het houden van rechtstreekse algemene verkiezingen (the Assembly shall draw up Proposals for elections by direct universal suffrage), de Vergadering komt bijeen,ten einde haar bureau te kiezen en haar reglement van orde vast te stellen (the Assembly shall meet in order to elect its officers and draw up its rules of procedure), de rekening sluiten (to draw up an account, to strike the balance on an account), de notulen van een vergadering opmaken (to draw up the minutes of a meeting, to write the minutes of a meeting), de candidatenlijst opstellen (to draw up the lists of candidates), de balans opstellen (to draw up a balance sheet), de balans opmaken (to draw up a balance sheet), de rekening afsluiten (to draw up an account, to strike the balance on an account), een rekening afsluiten (to close an account, to draw up a balance), aanschikken (draw up to the table, sit down to table), conclusies en aanbevelingen opstellen (to draw up conclusions and recommendations), authentieke akten opmaken (to draw up contracts, to draw up deeds, to draw up writs), aanschuiven (draw up to the table, push on, shove on, sit down to table), een akte opmaken (to draw up an act, to execute a deed, to sign a deed), elke instelling van de Gemeenschap maakt een raming op van haar uitgaven (each institution of the Community shall draw up estimates of its expenditure), vaststellen bij authentieke akte (to draw up and certify in legal form), reserves aanspreken (to dip into the reserves, to draw up on the reserves, to encroach on the reserves), rekening houden met het splijtpatroon van de kolen en krommen vervaardigen,waarop de injecteerbaarheid van de te behandelen lagen kan worden afgelezen (to take into account the state of fissuring of the coal and to draw up the infusability curves of the seams to be treated), programma's oPstellen,welke aanwijzingen inhouden omtrent de vooruitzichten van de produktie (to draw up programmes indicating foreseeable developments in production), proces-verbaal opmaken (to draw up a report concerning a person, to report on a person), overzicht van een verzekeringsloopbaan (to assemble someone's insurance record, to draw up someone's insurance history, to draw up someone's insurance record), een akte verlijden (to draw up an act, to execute a deed, to sign a deed), instrumenteren (to draw up contracts, to draw up deeds, to draw up writs), een contract opmaken (to draw up a contract), een uiterste wil maken (to draw up a will), een testament maken (to draw up a will), een tarief opstellen (to draw up a tariff), een rekening sluiten (to close an account, to draw up a balance), een rekening opmaken (to draw up an account), verplichting tot het verkrijgbaar stellen van een biedingsbericht met alle bijzonderheden van de voorgenomen transactie (requirement to draw up an offer document setting out all the terms of the bid), op reserves interen (to dip into the reserves, to draw up on the reserves, to encroach on the reserves). (various references)

Esperanto

alŝoviĝi (draw up to the table, sit down to table), ĉetabliĝi (draw up to the table, sit down to table). (various references)

Finnish

tehdä (accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, cause, commit, do, execute, get, make, perform), suunnitella (design, lay out, map out, outline, plan, project), sommitella (compose, design, put together), pysähtyä (break off, cease, come to a halt, come to a standstill, halt, stop), panna kokoon (assemble, compose, put together), laatia (compile, compose, create, make, prepare, work out, write), kyhätä (construct), käpertyä (be wrapped up in oneself, curl up, roll up, shrivel). (various references)

French

dresser (draft, dress), traîner (drag, draw), tirer � sec, se diriger, s'arrêter, ranger, rédiger (draft), instrumenter (to draw up contracts, to draw up deeds, to draw up writs), faire. (various references)

German

entwerfen (clone, contrive, create, depict, design, designing, devise, draft, draw, form, make a project of, map out, outline, plan, project, sketch, sketching, style, to clone, to conceptualize, to delineate, to draw up, to style), anlegen (apply, attach, berth, buckle on, clap on, couch, create, dock, Don, fund, invest, land, landing, landscape, lay, lay back, lay beside, lay in, lay on, lay out, lay up, lean, locate, moor, mooring, position, put on, put onto, set, set out, site, start, structure, support, sustain, to apply, to apply (to)), anziehen (adjust, allure, apply, attract, be popular, boom, clothe, draw, dress, get on, hardness, jerk, make the first move, pull, pull in, pull tight, put on, rise, screw up, set out, shove on, start moving, start pulling, tighten, to attract, to dress, to tog, tug, wear), aufstellen (arrange, array, collect together, deploy, deployment, dispose, embattle, erect, establish, fix up, install, lay, lay down, line up, make out, make up, Marshal, Mount, nominate, pick, pitch, placement, play, pose, posit, position, post, prick up, put forward, put on, put out, put up, raise, range, select, set, set out, set up, situate, stand up, station, to embattle, to post), aufziehen (arrange, back, breed, bring up, come up, draw back, educate, foster, haul up, hoist, hoist up, Josh, kid, lead on, let up, make fun of, march up, mother, Mount, mounting, pull open, pull up, put on, rag, raise, ravel out, razz, rear, set up, slip on, strech, stretch, tease, to razz, to twit, to wind up, twit, uncork, undo, unravel, untie, wind, wind up, zoom out), ausarbeiten (compose, elaborate, finish, formulate, hammer out, map, prepare, to work out, work out, work up, write out), anfertigen (achieve, act, carry out, do, fabricate, make, make up, manufacture, perform, prepare), einziehen (breathe in, bring in, call in, call up, collect, confiscate, conscript, draft, draw in, duck, gather in, haul in, hold in, hunch, indent, induct, levy, lower, march in, move in, move into, muster in, pull in, put in, recall, requisition, retract, retraction, seize, settle in, sniff, soak in, soak up, suck in, take away, take in, thread, to move in, wind in, withdraw), zusammenstellen (arrange, assemble, assort, collect together, collocate, compilate, compile, compose, concoct, draft, lump together, make out, pick, put together, set, to assemble, to assort, to compilate, to compose), erstellen (appoint, construct, create, erect, make out, to appoint), formieren (form), saugen (absorb, Hoover, suck, to suck, vacuum), verfassen (compile, compose, create, write), verfertigen (compose, fabricate, manufacture, produce), zeichnen (chart, crayon, depict, design, draft, draw, indicate, Mark, plot, point out, portray, put, scar, show, sign, subscribe, to draw, trace), ausfertigen (make out). (various references)

Greek 

ανασύρω (to retract), ανασηκώνομαι (get up, sit up), τεντώνομαι (sprawl, stretch). (various references)

Hebrew 

לערוך (arrange, array, dispose, edit, give, organize, prepare, range), ל�"עלות (bring up, elevate, lift, lift up, promote, raise, upgrade), ל� סח (formulate, phrase). (various references)

Hungarian

megfogalmaz (drawn, drew, to couch, to draft, to draw, to draw up, to engross, to formulate, to get into shape, to make up, to word, word), felvázol (adumbrate, to adumbrate, to crayon, to crayon out a plan, to delineate, to design, to feature, to trace, trace). (various references)

Indonesian

menganggarkan (budget out, draw up a budget). (various references)

Italian

stringere (be tight, clasp, clench, clutch, embrace, enlace, fold, grasp, grip, hug, inlace, make, make it brief, oppress, pinch, press, squeeze, tighten), stilare (draft, draught), stendere (distend, draft, draught, elongate, expand, extend, lay, lay out, reach, spread, stretch), scrivere (contribute, enter, inscribe, pen, put down, record, report, write, write down), schierare (array, deploy, line up, Marshal, range, side, troop), redigere (compile, edit, engross, indite, redact, write), pompare (pump), intaccare (corrode, damage, dip into, eat into, groove, hack, Nick, notch, score), architettare (concoct, fabricate, plans for). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

作成 (creating, frame, make, preparing, producing, writing). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さくせい (creating, frame, make, manufacture, preparing, producing, well drilling, writing). (various references)

Manx

tayrn neese (drag up, pull up, slip on), draghtey (draft), cur ayns straneyn. (various references)

Pig Latin

awdray upay

Portuguese

preparar (arrange, coach, confection, do, do up, finish, fix up, frame, groom, lay, make, mobilize, prepare, process, ready, square up, study, temper, to prepare, train), compor (concoct, constitute, create, dash, indite, make, make up, set, spin, typeset, write, write off). (various references)

Romanian

trage spre sine, trage la ţãrm, trage în sus, se opri (break, cease, check, come down, come to a stand, come to a stop, halt, let up, pause, rest, stand, stand at, stop), redacta (compose, couch, draft, draw, edit, frame, indite, prepare, redact, word, write), întocmi (arrange, execute, frame, lay down, record, schedule, write). (various references)

Russian 

составлять (amount, amounted, amounting, be, come, compose, constitute, form, make, reach, totalled, totalling), составить (compose, make up, put together), поднимать (boost, cock, elevate, fly, lift, pick up, raise, rear, take up, turn up, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, weigh up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pribrati se (brace up, pull oneself together, pull together, recollect), postrojiti se (fall in, line). (various references)

Spanish

expedir (abandon, abdicate, deal with, dismiss, dispatch, expedite, give up, issue, leave, make out, register, send, send away, send off, ship, ship off, turn away). (various references)

Swedish

dra upp (beach, describe, grub, hike, hitch, land, pull up, train, undo, weigh), uppsuga (imbibe), uppsätta (found, put up), uppfordra (call upon, challenge, invite, raise, request), uppdraga (detect, discover, grow, trace), uppdra, stanna (abide, coagulate, come to, come to a halt, come to rest, halt, remain, stand, stay, stay over, stay put, stop, Tarry, wait), ställa upp (array, field, Marshal, parade, range), avfatta (couch, draft, engross, indite, pen, word). (various references)

Turkish

durmak (be, cease, come to a halt, come to a stop, discontinue, draw rein, endure, halt, harp, hold, hold on, intermit, keep, let up, linger, pack up, pull in, pull up, remain, rest, run down, stall, stand, stay, stop), durdurmak (abort, arrest, baulk, block, bring short, call a halt, call off, cease, check, choke back, choke down, choke off, collar, Crimp, deactivate, discontinue, give over, halt, hold back, hold up, intercept, intermit, jam, jugulate, lock, paralyse, paralyze, pull in, pull up, put a stop to, shut off, stanch, staunch, stay, stem, still, stop, Stow, suppress, suspend), dizmek (align, Aline, arrange in a row, juxtapose, Marshal, range, rank, set, set in type, set out, set up in type, string), dikleştirmek (make perpendicular, steepen), dik tutmak (hold straight, hold upright, poise, Square), düzenlemek (arrange, calendar, collocate, compose, construct, coordinate, dispose, do, do out, draw, engineer, execute, fix up, forge, form, frame, get things square, get up, give, grade, lay out, line up, methodize, Mount, order, organize, promote, put up, regularize, regulate, scheme, set, set out, shape, stage, string, whack up, work up), yetişmek (catch, catch up, catch up on, come up with, equal, grow, hand up, keep up with, overtake, pull up, pull up to, pull up with, reach, run smb. close), yazmak (clock up, commit to paper, compose, conceive, draw, enroll, enter, grind out, indite, inscribe, note, note down, pen, put down, put on paper, record, reduce to writing, register, set, set down, take down, write, write down, write out), yığılmak (agglomerate, bank up, conglomerate, drift, flop, pour, roll up, slump down, subside, swarm), sıvamak (daub, parget, plaster, puddle, roll up, tuck up, turn up), ayarlamak (adjust, arrange, assay, budget, calibrate, collimate, fix up, gear, justify, lay on, measure, proportion, regularize, regulate, reset, scale, set, Square, standardize, syntonize, time, tone, trim, tune). (various references)

Ukrainian

зупинятися (alight, bait, pause, put in, run down, stanch, stand still, stay, stop), піднімати (boost, bring up, cock, elevate, haul up, heave, heft, hoist, levitate, lift, prong, put up, raise, raise up, rear, set up, take up, up, upbear, uphold, uplift, waken). (various references)

constituam, constituamus, constituantur, constituas, constituat, constitue, constituebant, constituebat, constituemus, constituendum, constituens, constituent, constituentur, constituerat, constituere, constituerem, constituerent, constitueret, constituerim, constitueris, constituerit, constituerunt, constitueruntque, constitues, constituesque, constituet, constituetur, constitui, constituimus, constituissent, constituisset, constituisti, constituistis, constituit, constituite, constituitque, constituitur, constituo, constituta, constitutae, constituti, constitutis, constitutum, constitutus, constituunt, contraho, educ, educam, educant, educas, educat, educebantur, educebas, educens, educentes, educentium, educentur, educere, educerem, educerent, educeres, educeret, educeretur, educes, educet, educimur, educis, educit, educite, educta, eductam, educti, eductis, eductum, eductus, educunt, eduxerat, eduxerim, eduxeris, eduxerit, eduxero, eduxerunt, eduxeruntque, eduxi, eduxique, eduxissent, eduxisset, eduxisti, eduxistis, eduxit, eduxitque, hauri, hauriam, hauriant, haurias, hauriatur, hauriendam, hauriendas, hauriendum, hauriens, haurierant, hauriet, haurietis, haurire, hauriret, haurite, hauseris, hauserunt, hauseruntque, hausit, haustam, haustis, hausto, instruam, instruat, instructa, instructi, instructus, instrue, instruebat, instruere, instrueret, instruis, instruite, instruxerunt, instruxit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: upward.

-1 letter: purda.

-2 letters: draw, dura, pard, prau, ward, warp, waur, wrap.

-3 letters: dap, daw, dup, pad, par, paw, pud, pur, rad, rap, raw, urd, wad, wap, war, wud.

-4 letters: ad, ar, aw, pa, up.

+1 letter: upwards.

+2 letters: unwarped, upwardly.

+3 letters: unwrapped.

+4 letters: upwardness, wraparound.

+5 letters: wraparounds.