draw

  • (noun): The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
  • (noun): The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
  • (noun): Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
  • (noun): The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
  • (noun): A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
  • (noun): A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
  • (noun): A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
  • (noun): A bag of cannabis.
  • (noun): Cannabis.
  • (noun): In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
  • (noun): 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.
  • (noun): The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
  • (noun): The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
  • (verb): To move or develop something.
  • (verb): To exert or experience force.
  • (verb): (fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
  • (verb): To change in size or shape.
  • (verb): To attract or be attracted.
  • (verb): (usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.
  • (verb): To disembowel.
  • (verb): To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
  • (verb): To choose by means of a random selection process.
  • (verb): To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
  • (verb): To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
  • (verb): To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
  • (verb): To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
  • The game ended in a draw.
  • The draw is on Saturday.
  • She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem.
  • We drew last time we played.  I drew him last time I played him.  I drew my last game against him.