Meaning of draw | Babel Free

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1. Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
   countable, uncountable
3. To move ahead of competitors.
4. To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
5. The act of drawing:
   countable, uncountable
6. The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc.
   countable, uncountable
7. To retreat.
8. To move (a body part) in a particular direction
9. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
   countable, uncountable
10. To approach: as evening draws on.
11. Often followed by tight: to pull (something, such as a belt or string) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely
12. The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back.
    countable, uncountable
13. To fail to find or remember something.
14. To drag (something), especially along the ground
15. The result of drawing:
    countable, uncountable
16. The result of a contest that neither side has won.
    countable, uncountable
17. To decide by a lottery with straws of unequal lengths.
18. 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).
    countable, uncountable
19. To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat:fall back, pull back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw.
20. That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account).
    countable, uncountable
21. To use all of:consume, drain, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up.
22. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
    countable, uncountable
23. To make or become longer:elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, prolongate, protract, spin (out), stretch (out).
24. Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
    countable, uncountable
25. To devise and set down:draft, formulate, frame.
26. The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
    countable, uncountable
27. (the art of making) a picture made with a pencil, crayon etc. the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci; I am no good at drawing. sketse رَسْم рисуване desenho kresba; kreslení die Zeichnung, das Zeichnen tegning σχέδιοdibujo joonistus, joonistamine نقاشی piirustus dessinציור, שרטוט आरेखण, चित्रांकन, चित्रकारी crtanje rajz gambar teikning disegno 線画 스케치 piešinys, piešimas zīmēšana lukisan tekeningtegning rysowanie, rysunek نقاشى desenho desen рисунок; рисование kresba risanje slika teckning ภาพวาด re...
    etc
28. A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
    countable, uncountable
29. A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
    countable, uncountable
30. A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
    countable, uncountable
31. A bag of cannabis.
    countable, slang
32. Cannabis.
    slang, uncountable
33. 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.
    countable, uncountable
34. The stall from which a horse begins the race.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“At the mountain’s base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. It has never been a big tourist draw, but in the decade since territorial control returned to China, this quintessentially Hong Kong neighborhood has had many more visitors — and important changes.”

“After It, Clara became one of the top box-office draws in Hollywood, but her popularity was short lived.”

“the Wild West's quick-draw champion”

“The draw is on Saturday.”

“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.”

“This configuration offered the capacity for an exceptionally long draw – Manchu archers drew all the way back to the point of the right shoulder[…]”

“The game ended in a draw.”

“They're going to take away our draw! (referring to e.g. disability assistance)”

“She looked in [to the stove] and a tight, dismayed gasp escaped her. She slammed the door shut and adjusted the draw with trembling fingers. For a moment—just a moment—she had seen her old friend Annabelle Frane in the coals.”

“The garden, curiously enough, was a quarter of a mile from the house, and the way to it led up a shallow draw past the cattle corral.”

“So my friends and I would all chip in money to get a bag of weed or a draw.”

“I'm twenty-something young with my priorities straight / I need to buy a booze and I need to buy a draw”

“Selling draw to your mates but it's really Oxo cubes.”

“Mick spoke to Simon, who was more of a drinker. He said that people who smoked draw were boring.”

“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”

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