English Dictionary

draw

/dɹɔː/

noun

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 act of drawing.

The draw in the game left both teams unsatisfied.

意味（1）

The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.

The game ended in a draw.

意味（2）

The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.

The draw is on Saturday.

意味（3）

Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.

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

意味（4）

The act of drawing.

the Wild West's quick-draw champion

意味（5）

(cricket) 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).

意味（6）

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.

意味（7）

(curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.

意味（8）

(geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.

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.

意味（9）

(slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.

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

意味（10）

(slang, uncountable) Cannabis.

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

意味（11）

In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.

意味（12）

(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.

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

意味（13）

(archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.

意味（14）

(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

意味（15）

Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.

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.