Draw

To draw, as in the act of drawing, is one way of making an image by making marks on a specific place with a writing utensil. Drawing is a Visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium

Draw may also refer to:

Draw (creek)
Draw (tie), a result in competitions where there is either no winner or multiple winners
Slang term for cannabis (drug)
Draw (chess), one of the possible outcomes of a chess game (a tie)
Draw poker, the general name for any poker variant in which each player is dealt a complete hand before the first betting round, and then develops the hand for later rounds by replacing cards. An arroyo (literally brook in Spanish) also called a wash or draw, is a usually dry creek bed or Gulch that temporarily To tie or draw is to finish a Competition with identical or inconclusive results Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a In Chess, a draw is one of the possible outcomes of a game the others being a win for white and a win for black This article refers to draw poker games Go here for poker terminology relating to drawing cards or drawing hands.

See also Draw (poker)

Draw play, a type of American football play that "tricks" the defense into thinking a pass is being thrown, when in fact a running play has been called
Draw, a type of golf shot where the ball curves slightly from right to left for right handers, and vice versa for left handers
Draw (album), by Matthew Jay
Draw, the schedule of fixtures in a sports league
OpenOffice.org Draw, a vector graphics editor

DRAW is an acronym for:

Direct Read After Write
Drawing Retrieval Access Workstation

Dictionary

-verb

To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
To drag, pull.
To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
To attract.
To deduce or infer.
(usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
To disembowel.
(archery) To pull back the arrow in preparation for shooting.
(of curtains, etc.) To close.
(intransitive) (of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.
(intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
To consume, as energy.
To determine the result of a lottery.
(card games) To take the top card of a deck into hand.
(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.

-noun

The result of a game in which neither side has won; a tie.
The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
(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

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