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Latest revision as of 01:59, 27 June 2013

Contents

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Rhymes: -ɔː

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English drawen, dragen, from Old English draġan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą (cf. West Frisian drage, Dutch dragen, German tragen 'to carry', Danish drage), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- 'to draw, pull' (compare Albanian dredh 'to turn, spin', Old Armenian դառնամ (daṙnam, "to turn"), Sanskrit  (dhrajas) 'load'). See also drag.

Verb[edit]

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.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, The China Governess[1]:
      Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
  2. To drag, pull.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad[2]:
      "[…] No rogue e'er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]"
    • 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.
    • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 1
      At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.
  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.
    • 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, "Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?", American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162: 
      He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
    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. (transitive or intransitive)  To play a draw; to end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
    • 1922, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Chessmen of Mars[3], edition HTML, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010:
      The game is won when a player places any of his pieces on the same square with his opponent's Princess, or when a Chief takes a Chief. It is drawn when a Chief is taken by any opposing piece other than the opposing Chief;...
    We drew last time we played.
    I drew him last time I played him.
    I drew my last game against him.
  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.

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from draw (verb)

Translations[edit]

to produce a picture

to pull out

to extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out

to rely on

to disembowel — see disembowel

archery: to pull back the arrow

of drinks: to leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase

to end a game with neither side winning

to determine the result of a lottery

cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand

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Noun[edit]

draw (plural draws)

  1. The result of a contest 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 shallow 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
  11. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (The result of a contest in which neither side has won): stalemate
  • (dry stream bed that drains water during periods of heavy precipitation): dry creek

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

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

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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