Word Finder - draws

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

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The game ended in a draw.

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

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The draw is on Saturday.

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Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.

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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).

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

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

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

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A bag of cannabis.

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Cannabis.

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

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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.

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The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.

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

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To move or develop something.

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To exert or experience force.

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(fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.

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To change in size or shape.

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To attract or be attracted.

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(usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.

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She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem.

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To disembowel.

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To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).

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We drew last time we played.  I drew him last time I played him.  I drew my last game against him.

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To choose by means of a random selection process.

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To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.

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To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.

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To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.

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To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

He made his mark; it draws us to you.

This engine draws a net load of 52 tons of coal from a depth of 625 yds.

During this stage the cuticle draws away from the imaginal cuticle which is forming beneath, ultimately becoming separated as a thin transparent pellicle through which the form of the adult can be seen.

The main rope, which draws out the loaded tubs, coils upon one drum, and passes near the floor over guide sheaves placed about 20 ft.

It is amusing to observe the extreme care and deliberation with which the bird draws the worm from its hidingplace, coaxing it out as it were by degrees, instead of pulling roughly or breaking it.

This has also stimulated silk culture in the Caucasus, from which province it draws about one-third of its supplies.

Reverting to the origin and the meaning of the feast, modern criticism draws attention to the different nature of the two observances combined with the name Passover, the pastoral sacrifice of the paschal lamb and the agricultural observance of a seven days' abstention from unleavened bread.

A third pencil traces an observation line in which a kick can be made at will by pressing any one of the electrical pushes placed about the car, and a fourth draws a datum line.

This I am sure will occur if he is to guess my condition, which grows more noticeable as my time draws closer.

He depicts her quick changes of colour, her dishevelled hair, her panting breast, her apparent increase of stature as the god draws nigh and fills her with his divine afflatus.

The state therefore draws its principal revenues from the imposts, the taxes and the monopolies.

The present population draws its water directly from the Tigris, and it is distributed through the city in goat-skins carried on the backs of men and asses.

The most interesting part of the work is the distinction which Gilbert draws between the manner of existence of genera and species and of substances proper.

The physical features of the Scyths are not described by Herodotus, but Hippocrates (Lc.) draws a picture of them which makes them very similar to the Mongols as they appeared to the Franciscan missionaries in the 13th century.

The contrast which Rufinus draws between the Roman Creed and others, both of the East and the West, is justified.

This fault has now been reduced by a cage of steatite round the burner tip, which draws in sufficient air to prevent deposition.

He tells his fable and draws the moral with businesslike directness and simplicity; his language is terse and clear, but thoroughly prosaic, though it occasionally attains a dignity bordering on eloquence.

Dorsey, again, draws a distinction between lore narratives, which can be rehearsed without fasting or prayer, and rituals which require the most rigid preparation.

She draws a big circle around the second item on her list, Paper Towels.

A child with but few sources may keep distinct what he draws from each.

Disgusted by these reverses, draws from the in bad odour with the king, and with his soldiers Nether- mutinying for lack of pay, the governor-general lands.

He draws no inferences to theology or religion, whether friendly or hostile, from his new positions.

It thus draws upon physics for the explanation of the phenomena with the space-relations of which it is specially concerned.

Baentsch draws attention to this feature in his monograph Altorientalischer u.

The Getica of Jordanes shows Gothic sympathies; but these are probably due to an imitation of the tone of Cassiodorus, from whom he draws practically all his material.

He then draws a positive demonstration of the truth of his religion from the effects of the new faith, and especially from the excellence of its moral teaching, and concludes with a comparison of Christian and Pagan doctrines, in which the latter are set down with naïve confidence as the work of demons.

The state leases the beds at a low annual rental in tracts (limited for each person, firm or corporation to 1000 acres), and draws from them a considerable revenue.

From it the native draws lumber for his hut, utensils for his kitchen, thatch for his roof, medicines, preserved delicacies, and a long list of other articles.

In these his language is vigorous and dignified; he states the results of his labour and thought with freshness and lucidity; tells numberless stories in a most delightful manner, and exhibits a wonderful talent for the representation of personal character; the many portraits of historic persons of all orders which he draws in these prefaces are as brilliant in execution as they are exact and convincing.

The forests of Burma are the finest in British India and one of the chief assets of the wealth of the country; it is from Burma that the world draws its main supply of teak for shipbuilding, and indeed it was the demand for teak that largely led to the annexation of Burma.

The new extraneous element introduced into Roman literature draws into greater prominence the characteristics of the last great representatives of the genuine Roman and Italian spirit - the historian Tacitus and the satirist Juvenal.

With this last period the story of Roman religion really draws to a close.

Clement's epistle, indeed, conforms more to the elaborate and treatise-like form of the Epistle to the Hebrews, on which it draws so largely; and the same is true of "Barnabas."

He here urges that the foundation of all true learning is a " sound and thorough knowledge of Latin," and draws up a course of reading, in which history is represented by Livy, Sallust, Curtius, and Caesar; oratory by Cicero; and poetry by Virgil.

He corresponds directly with the other Barbary states; draws up the budget, and contracts loans on behalf of the colony.

The considerations from which he acutely and accurately draws far-reaching and important conclusions might be suggested by a very superficial examination of the literature; they involve, for example, no special philological knowledge.

This draws sand and water to the face and prevents the rough stones from showing themselves.

The damping of all absorbent surfaces, such as the floors or bare walls, &c., is frequently necessary several times a day in the growing season, so as to keep up a humid atmosphere; hence the advantage of laying the floors a little rounded, as then the water draws off to the sides against the kerbstone, while the centre remains dry for promenaders.

It draws its chief strength from Amsterdam and certain country districts of Friesland.

The burglar's blow-pipe locally " draws the temper," i.e.

With sulphur it forms a sulphide which draws together into almost harmless drops, instead of encasing the grains of iron.

France draws most of her iron ore from her own part of the great Minette ore deposit, and from those parts of it which were taken from her when she lost Alsace and Lorraine.

Guillaume de Nogaret, his minister, draws a far more flattering picture, enlarging on his charm, his amiability, his modesty, his charity to all men, and his piety; and the traits of this over-coloured portrait are more or less repeated by Yves, a monk of St Denis.

And Russia draws her own supplies of petroleum, both for lighting and for use as liquid fuel, by the sea route from Baku.

And it is from this presence of the highest forms of Aryan and of Semitic man that the history of Sicily draws its highest interest.

Merthyr Tydfil draws its supply from the lesser Taff, while Cardiff's main supply comes from the Great Taff valley, where, under acts of 1884 and 1894, two reservoirs with a capacity of 668 million gallons have been constructed and a third authorized.

The whole movement, intended as a return to the kirk of Knox and Melville and the Covenanters, was a not unneeded protest against the sleepy " moderation," and want of spiritual enthusiasm, which invaded the established kirk in the latter part of the 18th century, a period in which she possessed such distinguished writers as John Home, author of the drama of Douglas, Robertson, the historian, and Dr Carlyle, whose amusing autobiography draws a perfect portrait of an amiable and highly educated " Moderate " and man of the world.

It is only pious memory that draws the Protestant to the sites consecrated by ecclesiastical history.

The coming of the Child draws Eastern sages to his cradle and fills the court of Herod with suspicious fears.

The town draws a supply of natural gas, used for lighting, heat and motive power, from deep artesian borings first made in 1891.