draws
/dɹɑz/ · noun
Meaning
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- 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).
- A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- To move or develop something.
- To exert or experience force.
- (fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
- To change in size or shape.
- To attract or be attracted.
- (usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.
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