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If you wish to draw off the people from a bad or wicked custom, you must beat up for a march; you must make an excitement, do something that everybody will notice.
Lewis Tappan

Meaning of "draw off" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRAW OFF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRAW OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Draw off is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb draw off in English.

WHAT DOES DRAW OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of draw off in the English dictionary

The definition of draw off in the dictionary is to cause to flow from something. Other definition of draw off is to withdraw.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DRAW OFF

PRESENT

Present
I draw off
you draw off
he/she/it draws off
we draw off
you draw off
they draw off
Present continuous
I am drawing off
you are drawing off
he/she/it is drawing off
we are drawing off
you are drawing off
they are drawing off
Present perfect
I have drawn off
you have drawn off
he/she/it has drawn off
we have drawn off
you have drawn off
they have drawn off
Present perfect continuous
I have been drawing off
you have been drawing off
he/she/it has been drawing off
we have been drawing off
you have been drawing off
they have been drawing off
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I drew off
you drew off
he/she/it drew off
we drew off
you drew off
they drew off
Past continuous
I was drawing off
you were drawing off
he/she/it was drawing off
we were drawing off
you were drawing off
they were drawing off
Past perfect
I had drawn off
you had drawn off
he/she/it had drawn off
we had drawn off
you had drawn off
they had drawn off
Past perfect continuous
I had been drawing off
you had been drawing off
he/she/it had been drawing off
we had been drawing off
you had been drawing off
they had been drawing off
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will draw off
you will draw off
he/she/it will draw off
we will draw off
you will draw off
they will draw off
Future continuous
I will be drawing off
you will be drawing off
he/she/it will be drawing off
we will be drawing off
you will be drawing off
they will be drawing off
Future perfect
I will have drawn off
you will have drawn off
he/she/it will have drawn off
we will have drawn off
you will have drawn off
they will have drawn off
Future perfect continuous
I will have been drawing off
you will have been drawing off
he/she/it will have been drawing off
we will have been drawing off
you will have been drawing off
they will have been drawing off
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would draw off
you would draw off
he/she/it would draw off
we would draw off
you would draw off
they would draw off
Conditional continuous
I would be drawing off
you would be drawing off
he/she/it would be drawing off
we would be drawing off
you would be drawing off
they would be drawing off
Conditional perfect
I would have draw off
you would have draw off
he/she/it would have draw off
we would have draw off
you would have draw off
they would have draw off
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been drawing off
you would have been drawing off
he/she/it would have been drawing off
we would have been drawing off
you would have been drawing off
they would have been drawing off
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you draw off
we let´s draw off
you draw off
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to draw off
Past participle
drawn off
Present Participle
drawing off
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRAW OFF

draw
draw a bead on
draw a blank
draw a line in the sand
draw and quarter
draw gear
draw in
draw in one´s horns
draw on
draw out
draw poker
draw someone´s fire
draw stumps
draw the crabs
draw the line
draw the short straw
draw the shot
draw trumps
draw up
draw-gate

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRAW OFF

better off
blow off
claw off
cut off
day off
drop off
get off
hold off
jerk off
kick off
on and off
pay off
play off
set off
show off
spin off
take off
throw off
time off
turn off

Synonyms and antonyms of draw off in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «draw off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRAW OFF

Find out the translation of draw off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of draw off from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «draw off» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抽出
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extrayendo
570 millions of speakers

English

draw off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंद आकर्षित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رسم الخروج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оттянуть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desenhar off
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরিয়া যাত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soutirer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melepaskan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abführen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

取り除く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빼다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tarik mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không chú ý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இழுக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंद करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geri çekmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spillare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odciągnąć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відтягнути
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trage off
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιστήσω off
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

trek af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dra ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trekke seg
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about draw off

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QUOTES WITH «DRAW OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word draw off.
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Lewis Tappan
If you wish to draw off the people from a bad or wicked custom, you must beat up for a march; you must make an excitement, do something that everybody will notice.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAW OFF»

Discover the use of draw off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to draw off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Petroleum Processing
Main Tower Side Stream Tower* Draw Off Tray Strip out & Steam * Showing Bottom Side Stream Product Draw Off. Steam Bottom Product. Figure 3.8. A sides tream stripper. takes into consideration this difference between the theoretical ...
David S. J. Jones, Peter R. Pujadó, 2006
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Water Resources and Reservoir Engineering: Proceedings of ...
Surface; water draw-off (November to Uorober; and minimizes evaporation loss, the consf quotit restrictions arethe most severe. The alternative is to reduce draw- off from surface sources whtn the remaining storage falls below specified ...
British Dam Society. Conference, Noel M. Parr, J. Andrew Charles, 1992
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Hydrology: Principles, Analysis and Design
(i) Join OA by a straight line; the slope of OA, i.e., 1566 Mm3/yr or (1566 x 106)m3 /(365 x 86400) sec = 49.7 cumec is the uniform draw off throughout the year with no spill over the spillway. Draw EC || OA, GH \\ OA, B, G being the crests of the ...
H. M. Raghunath, 2006
4
Process Equipment Design: Vessel Design
Dimensions of Welded Draw-off Elbow, Recommended by API Standard 12 C, All Dimensions in Inches — See Fig. 4.5 (Courtesy of American Petroleum Institute) Distance from Diameter Diameter Center of of Hole of Rein- Elbow to in Tank ...
Lloyd Earl Brownell, Edwin Harold Young, 1959
5
Pipeline design for water engineers
Peak-day demands are sometimes in excess of twice the mean annual demand whereas peak draw-off from reticulation systems may be six times the mean for a day. It would be uneconomic to provide pipeline capacity to meet the peak ...
‎2011
6
Water Supply
179 5.21 Draw-off Arrangements The embankments consist of a clay or silt core sloping downstream and supported by shoulders of non-cohesive sandy gravel. Sand filters are used each side of the core for the usual reasons (Section 5.9) and ...
Ratnayaka, Don D. Ratnayaka, Malcolm J. Brandt, 2009
7
Piping Design Handbook
Figure 76 shows a vertical reboiler with a high draw-off nozzle. Using this figure, the driving force is The draw-off nozzle elevation will be 288A/ - p2(//4 + 3) //," = Pi ~ P2 Once more, the total system loss (A/), known densities, and exchanger ...
John J. McKetta Jr, 1992
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1999 ISES Solar World Congress
Abstract -Most small solar domestic hot water systems, SDHW systems, are not equipped with circulation piping. In many systems the pipes, in which the hot water is transported from the solar tank to the draw-off locations, are relatively long.
G. Grossman, 2000
9
Engineering Geology and Construction
Seasonal variations in evaporation are important since maximum losses generally correspond with maximum draw-off draft rates from reservoirs. O) o > "*- "S I Spill water- Reservoir full - again Reservoir assumed full at start of driest period of ...
Fred G. Bell, 2004
10
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... frowsy, slattern, sordid dragoon vb syn INTIMIDATE, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, hector, ||ruffle, strong-arm, terrorize drain vb 1 to draw off (liquid) by degrees <drain the water from the swimming pool> syn draft, draw, draw off, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAW OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term draw off is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fraunhofer ISE expands research into 'complementary pillars of …
... molten salt can be used to draw off energy away from solar radiation and then storing it at high temperatures to later generate electricity from ... «PV-Tech, Jul 15»
2
Deep-well irrigation dries up kid-fishing opportunities
This has happened before and we were able to draw off enough water from the town supply to provide enough water to have the event. «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
3
Dan Cook: Keeping it between the lines
NEXT RIGHT.” Business owners could sign a contract, furnish a set of signs with their logo on it, and draw off immediate traffic to their business. «Charleston Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Slight severe risk Monday
The high river levels delay work on the Market Street Bridge, but they are below flooding and are allowing Red Rock to draw off water for flood ... «Ottumwacourier, Jul 15»
5
Freshmen Featured In Ohio Sires Stakes
Friskie Cruiser paced to a gutsy, first over haul to draw off and win by nearly six lengths in the fifth $40,000 OHSS division (Race 15) with Chris ... «Standardbred Canada, Jul 15»
6
Irish Jasper Completes Hat Trick in Victory Ride
... in the turn, then angled four-wide at the top of the stretch to seize control from her remaining rivals to draw off by three lengths at the wire. «Horse Racing Nation, Jul 15»
7
Obama administration dials back college rating plan
The Obama administration continues to dial back once-aggressive plans to rate colleges and draw off federal dollars from the weakest colleges ... «University World News, Jul 15»
8
Bend golfer hits albatross
“It was the shot I had intended to hit,” he said, “a draw off the left edge of the bunker. It was probably the best shot for the hole.” Of course ... «Bend Bulletin, Jul 15»
9
Water released into Kings River ahead of holiday weekend
28 agencies draw off of this water. For them, it's a welcome sight, even though it'll run dry after about 40 days. "Any time we can turn off pumps ... «ABC30.com, Jul 15»
10
Film Review: 'Black Mountain Poets'
Lowe and Wells could draw off-kilter comedy fans from their work in Ben Wheatley's “Sightseers” and the TV series “Doll & Em” respectively; ... «Variety, Jul 15»

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