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Rhymes: -ɔː

[edit] Etymology

Middle English drawen, dragen, from Old English draġan, from Proto-Germanic *draganan (cf. West Frisian drage, Dutch dragen, German tragen ‘to carry’), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreĝ- 'to draw, pull' (compare Albanian dredh ‘to turn, spin’, Armenian daṙnam ‘to turn’, Sanskrit dhrajas ‘load’).

[edit] Verb

draw (third-person singular simple present draws, present participle drawing, simple past drew, past participle drawn)

  1. To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
  2. To drag, pull.
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII
      Lys shuddered, and I put my arm around her and drew her to me; and thus we sat throughout the hot night. She told me of her abduction and of the fright she had undergone, and together we thanked God that she had come through unharmed, because the great brute had dared not pause along the danger-infested way.
  3. To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
  4. To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood, as in get water from a well, to run water for a bath, take a blood sample, or cause to bleed (the wound drew blood).
  5. To attract.
    The citizens were afraid the casino would draw an undesirable element to their town.
    I was drawn to her.
  6. To deduce or infer.
    He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.
  7. (usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
    She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem
  8. To disembowel.
    He will be hanged, drawn and quartered.
  9. (archery) To pull back the arrow in preparation for shooting.
  10. (of curtains, etc.) To close.
    You should draw the curtains at night.
  11. (intransitive) (of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.
    Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for three minutes before pouring.
  12. (intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
    Both these teams will draw if nobody scores soon.
  13. To consume, for example, power.
    The circuit draws three hundred watts.
  14. To determine the result of a lottery.
    The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.
  15. (card games) To take the top card of a deck into hand.
    At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.
  16. (poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.
    Jill has four diamonds; she'll try to draw for a flush.
  17. inhale
  18. to cause
    • 2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, BBC Sport:
      In a desperately tight opening set, the pace and accuracy of the Serbian's groundstrokes began to draw errors from the usually faultless Nadal and earned him the first break point of the day at 5-4.

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[edit] Translations

to produce a picture
to drag, pull
to pull out
to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out
to attract
to deduce or infer
to rely on
to disembowel — see disembowel
archery: to pull back the arrow
to close curtains etc.
of drinks: to leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase
to end a game with neither side winning
to consume
to determine the result of a lottery
cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand
poker: to trade in cards
to inhale — see inhale
to cause — see cause
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[edit] Noun

draw (plural draws)

  1. The result of a game in which neither side has won; a tie.
    The game ended in a draw.
  2. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
    The draw is on Saturday.
    • 2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, BBC:
      Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.
  3. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out. Different from a tie.
  4. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade
  5. (curling) A shot that lands in play without hitting another stone out, as opposed to a takeout shot.
  6. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
    • 1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia, Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 15
      The garden, curiously enough, was a quarter of a mile from the house, and the way to it led up a shadow draw past the cattle corral.
  7. (colloquial) Cannabis.
  8. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
  9. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Ryan Wiseman, Earn $30,000 Per Month Playing Online Poker: A Step-By-Step Guide to Single, page 82:
      The player to your left immediately raises you the minimum by clicking the raise button. This action immediately suggests that he's on a draw
  10. The schedule of games in a sports league - NRL Fixtures - 2011 NRL Draw

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tie as a result of a game
procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined
cricket: result of a two-innings match in which at least one side ran out of time
golf: shot that curves intentionally
curling: shot that lands in play without hitting another stone out
geography: dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding
colloquial: cannabis
advance on future commissions
poker: a situation where a player has four out of the five cards for a straight or flush
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