wikipedia|dab=draw
English
Pronunciation
IPA|/'dÉ»ÉÊ/, /dɹÉÉ/
audio|en-us-draw.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ÉË|-ÉË
Verb
en-verb|draws|drawing|drew|drawn|
- to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
#:She likes to draw the ocean.
- to pull out (a gun, a tooth)
- (upon): to rely on
#:She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem
- to determine the result of a lottery
- to end a game with neither side winning
#:The result will be a draw if nobody scores soon.
- to deduce or infer
#: He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts
- to attract
#:I was drawn to her
- (of curtains etc.) to close
#:You should draw the curtains at night.
- to disembowel
#:He will be hanged, drawn and quartered.
- to drag
- context|firearms to brandish oneâs gun.
- context|archery to pull back the arrow in preparation for shooting.
- poker to trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games
- poker to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards
#: Jill only has four cards of the same suit, she's drawing to the flush
Etymology
rfc-level|Etymology not at level 3
Old English draġan
Translations
trans-top|to produce a picture
Arabic: ARchar|رس٠(rásama)
Czech: t-|cs|kreslit
Dutch: t+|nl|tekenen
Esperanto: t-|eo|desegni|xs=Esperanto
Ewe: ta
Finnish: t+|fi|piirtää
French: t+|fr|dessiner
German: t+|de|zeichnen
Greek: t|el|ÏÏεδιάζÏ|scGrek (schediázo), t|el|ζÏγÏαÏίζÏ|scGrek (zografÃzo)
Ido: desegnar
Indonesian: t+|id|lukis|xs=Indonesian
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Italian: t+|it|disegnare
Japanese: æã (ãã, kaku, ããã, egaku)
Korean: ê·¸ë¦¬ë¤ (geurida)
Norwegian: tegne
Persian: FAchar|Ú©Ø´ÛØ¯Ù
Polish: rysowaÄ
Portuguese: t+|pt|desenhar
Russian: ÑиÑоваÑÑ (risovátâ)
Spanish: t+|es|dibujar
Swedish: rita, teckna
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trans-top|to pull out
Dutch: t+|nl|trekken
Finnish: t+|fi|vetää
French: t+|fr|dégainer
German: t+|de|ziehen
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Indonesian: t+|id|tarik|xs=Indonesian
Italian: t+|it|estrarre
Korean: ë½ë¤ (ppopda)
Polish: wyciÄgaÄ
Spanish: t-|es|desenvainar
Swedish: t+|sv|dra
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trans-top|to rely on
French: t+|fr|tirer
German: t+|de|ziehen
Indonesian: t+|id|tarik|xsIndonesian, t+|id|undi|xsIndonesian
Italian: t+|it|affidarsi
trans-mid
Korean: ë°ë¥´ë¤ (ttareuda)
Polish: t+|pl|polegaÄ
Spanish: t-|es|confiar
Swedish: t+|sv|lita på
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trans-top|to determine the result of a lottery
Dutch: t+|nl|trekken
German: auslosen
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Polish: ciÄgnÄÄ los
Swedish: t+|sv|dra
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trans-top|to end a game with neither side winning
Dutch: t|nl|gelijkspelen
Italian: t-|it|pareggiare
Korean: ë¹ê¸°ë¤ (bigida)
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Polish: remisowaÄ
Spanish: t-|es|empatar
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trans-top|to deduce or infer
Korean: ëì´ë´ë¤ (kkeureonaeda)
Polish: pociÄgaÄ
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Spanish: vicerar
Swedish: t+|sv|dra, t+|sv|härleda
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trans-top|to attract
Dutch: t|nl|aantrekken
Korean: ëë¤ (kkeulda)
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Polish: zasuwaÄ
Swedish: t+|sv|dra, t+|sv|attrahera
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trans-top|to close
Dutch: t+|nl|sluiten
Korean: ë리ì°ë¤ (deuriuda)
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Polish: wypruwaÄ wnÄtrznoÅci
Swedish: dra för
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Indonesian: gambar|menggambar
ttbc|Polish: losowaÄ
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ttbc|Romanian: desena
ttbc|Swahili: kuchora
Related terms
drawback
drawbridge
drawing
draw a bath
draw the line at (set a limit, especially of tolerance)
drawmaster
draw raise
draw weight
luck of the draw
quick on the draw (fast reactions)
Anagrams
ward
Noun
en-noun
- The result of a game in which neither side win|has won; a tie.
#:The game ended a draw.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
#:The draw is on Saturday.
- 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.
- golf A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook,slice,fade
- curling A shot that lands in play without hitting another stone out, as opposed to a takeout shot.
- geography A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- colloquial cannabis.
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- poker A hand which is unlikely the best hand, but which has a chance to become one with future card
#: Jill has four cards of the same suit, she has a draw to the flush.
Quotations
;dry stream bed
1918, w:Willa Cather|Willa Cather, w:My Antonia|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.
Translations
trans-top|a tie
Finnish: t+|fi|tasapeli
French: t+|fr|égalité|f, t+|fr|match nul
German: Unentschieden n, Remis n
Italian: t-|it|pareggio|m
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Polish: t-|pl|remis|m
Romanian: egalitate f
Swedish: oavgjort (adjective), remi n (in chess)
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trans-top|The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined
Dutch: trekking f
Finnish: lottoarvonta
French: t+|fr|tirage|m
German: Ziehung f
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Italian: t|it|riffa|f
Polish: losowanie n
Romanian: tragere f
Swedish: dragning c
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ttbc|Turkish: çekmek, çizmek
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