Meaning of 曳 in Japanese

ひく(hiku) 【引く ·曳く ·牽く】

引曳牽 Kanji Details

(v5k, vi, vt) to pull
カーテンがゆっくり引かれた。
The curtains were drawn slowly.
to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.) →Related words: 注意を引く
あなたの興味を引くような本を読みなさい。
Read such books as interest you.
to draw back
あんな本みたらフツーの女は引くもんな！
Obviously a normal woman would lose interest if she saw a book like that!
to draw (a card)
あなたの引いたカードは赤のマークですね。
The card you drew was a red, wasn't it?
to draw (plan, line, etc.) →Related words: 図面を引く
ＡからＢまで線をひきなさい。
Draw a line from A to B.
to catch (cold) →Related words: 風邪を引く
悪い風邪をひいていて、さらに悪いことには、雪が降ってきました。
I had a bad cold, and to make matters worse, it began snowing.
to play (string instr.) →Related words: 弾く
ジョンはギターを引くことができません。
John can't play the guitar.
to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult →Related words: 辞書を引く
その単語を辞書でひいてごらん。
Look up the word in your dictionary.
(v5k, vt) to haul; to pull (vehicles)
私は馬が荷車を引いているのを見た。
I saw a horse pulling a cart.
to subtract
to ebb; to fade
to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic)
to quote; to raise (as evidence)
できるだけ英語から例をひこう。
Insofar as possible, our examples will be drawn from English.
to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)