1 Used often in training hospitals by junior residents and health pupils to spell it out mindless and thankless errands, such chasing after down radiology reports, attracting bloodstream, and keeping on hold with general public health -- such a thing that is heavy from the service and light in the education.Apparently based on scutwork, indicating ...
verb. emphasize; mark. 1  accentuate. 2  bracket. 3  call attention to. 4  caption. 5  check off. 6  draw attention to. 7  feature. 8  give emphasis. 9  highlight. 10  indicate. 11  interlineate. 12  italicize. 13  play up. 14  point to. 15  point up. 16  rule. 17  stress. 18  underscore.
Sense of make a line or figure (by drawing a pencil across paper) is c.1200. Meaning pull out a weapon is c.1200. Colloquial noun sense of anything that can draw a crowd is from 1881 (the verb in this sense is 1580s). To draw a criminal (drag him from a horse to place of execution) is from early 14c. To draw a blank come up with nothing (1825) is an allusion to a lottery.