To throw up (the stone) gently.

To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn.

A drawn game or battle, etc; a tied game; a tie.

A drawn battle, game, or the like.

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.

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

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.

The spin or twist imparted to a ball, or the like, by a drawing stroke.

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

To pull from a sheath, as a sword.

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.

To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well.

To select by the drawing of lots.

A lot or chance to be drawn.

the act of drawing a lot or chance.

The process of allocating random numbers to competitors, which determine the lifting order.

To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.

To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize.

To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.

drew drawn

The pairing of players for a competition.

The pairing of golfers for a match play tournament

a fair result but whether I have gained a point or lost two, we will have to see as the tournament progresses

a good result for us after probably being outplayed for most of the match

Periodic advances of funds according to the schedule of payments in a construction loan agreement. Also called advance, disbursement, payout, progress payment or takedown.

The advancement of funds by a construction lender to a builder or general contractor.

a disbursement of funds to the principals

a request to have funds disbursed from your construction loan

To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.

To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.

The amount of air that gets pulled through the cigar. English Market Selection - a color designation for wrapper leaves that are somewhat lighter in color than Maduro, especially selected for taste and bouquet. Also referred to as Naturals.

The amount of air drawn through a lit cigar. A hot draw is one that is too easy and suggests the cigar has been rolled too lightly and will burn unevenly and more furiously. A plugged draw indicates the tobacco has been rolled too tight, making it difficult if not impossible to smoke. The perfect draw speaks for itself.

To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.

To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, draw nigh, or draw towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.

To induce topspin onto the ball causing it to move from outside to in on your swing. Opposite is Fade.

The result of drawing, or state of being drawn;

a fantastic result

a fir result, but I am not looking for fair results

a great result and was predicted

The number of newsstand copies that are distributed to wholesalers each issue

The number of papers received by a carrier or single copy account.

refers to the number of copies of each issue of your title that is distributed to specific retailers and/or wholesalers. Draw is generally determined by sales history of your title or similar titles in that market, and is a flexible number that will generally increase with improved sales.

Quantity received by a wholesaler from a magazine publisher for distribution to individual retailers.

An advance on earned income paid before the official pay date. A draw is considered to be income in the month received, regardless of the official pay date. See: Income -- Treatment of Income - Earned Income; Clarifying Information; and Income - Income Budgeting

an advance or loan to be paid back out of future commissions

An amount advanced to an employee and repaid from future commission earned by the employee.

1. A time limit draw with no clear winner of the match. 2. Cash payment on the night of the show as an advance on the earned paycheck that will be paid later.

a good value bet for this one

Where competitors in an event finish evenly. Where there is a draw and this is not offered as a betting option, the bettors wager will be returned.

An even finish.

Where the participants finish evenly. Bookies have different ways of working out or avoiding draws so you should check thoroughly what constitutes a draw when placing your bet. For example, cup football matches have extra time, penalties, golden goal rules. Some bookmakers may consider the end of play at 90 minutes to constitute a draw, others after extra time has played, some may avoid a draw entirely by taking penalties into account.

A contest left undecided or deadlocked. Another word is tie. The ironclad ships the Monitor and the Merrimack fought to a draw.

A result where the scores are level at the end of play (also known as a "Tie" in the United States).

The U.K. and Australian name for a tie.

result where the scores are the same at the end of play. This is also known as a 'Tie'.

To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water.

To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.

The depth of the shaped face from the original plane.

require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches"

To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.

To search for a fox in the covert.

The process of sending hounds through a covert to look for a fox; 'the draw' is the area of country where the huntsman intends to search for foxes during a particular day's hunting. To 'draw' a hound from a pack is the practice of hunt staff in calling an individual hound's name and making it come forward from the other hounds.

Where hounds enter a covert and look for a fox.

The starting order for each event in a figure skating competition is determined by a lottery or "draw." Either the referee or chair of the competition conducts the process in the presence of other judges (closed draw) or in an open setting where the athletes actually draw a number from a pouch (open draw).

The method of determining the skating order for an event. See also closed draw and open draw.

The lottery results.

any lottery's results.

A small, natural depression or valley in the side of a hill; a gully.

a gully that is shallower than a ravine

a less developed course of a stream in which there is essentially no level ground and, therefore, little or no maneuvering room within its confines

a less developed stream course than a valley

To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank.

remove from the possession of the opponents. [As in "draw trumps" (take away the opposing trumps).

suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"

means delivering the bowl with sufficient impetus to reach its objective with the necessary green to allow the bias to take effect.

To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.

To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe.

To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.

make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"

To write a cheque/bill of exchange.

Direct Read After Write. A process in which data is read for verification immediately after being written.

( Direct Read After Write) Refers to optical discs.

a wrestler's popularity; to attract fans.

The ability to attract fans to a show. If a guy is popular and people will buy a ticket just to see him, he's a big draw. Example: "Goldberg vs. Hulk Hogan is the main event. That should draw."

To attract marks. n. the popularity of a wrestler, the ability to bring in marks.

To attract fans. The popularity of a wrestler, the ability to bring in fans.

To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc.

To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.

Clearing a case of the mail for a particular service or dispatch or clearing the mail receptacles in a postal facility. (vidage)

To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon.

1. Sails draw when they fill with wind and provide power to drive a vessel through the water; 2. General term that means the same as draft as in "What does she draw?" (how deep is her draft)

allow a draft; "This chimney draws very well"

That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.

The movable portion of a draw-bridge. To make drawings. To haul.

the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly"

a fixed amount of money paid on a regular basis against commissions due to employees. Draws can be structured on a recoverable and non-recoverable basis.

Amount given with the purpose of commissions from sales totaling more or at least as much.

a loan many commercial brokerages offer their agents when brokers work on commission in lieu of receiving a salary

A term used interchangeably with tempering in the heat treating process.

A term used to temper, to remove pattern from mold, as an external contraction defect on surface of mold.

To remove a pattern from a mold.

a highly possible outcome for Trevor Morgan's men

a likely outcome, on what seems to be a good batting strip

a valid outcome for both halves