Definizione monolingua

draw

draw (third-person singular simple present draws, present participle drawing, simple past drew, past participle drawn)

1. To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
2. To drag, pull.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII

     Lys shuddered, and I put my arm around her and drew her to me; and thus we sat throughout the hot night. She told me of her abduction and of the fright she had undergone, and together we thanked God that she had come through unharmed, because the great brute had dared not pause along the danger-infested way.

3. To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
4. To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood, as in get water from a well, to run water for a bath, take a blood sample, or cause to bleed (the wound drew blood).
5. To attract.

   The citizens were afraid the casino would draw an undesirable element to their town.

   I was drawn to her.

6. To deduce or infer.

   He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts.

7. (usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.

   She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem

8. To disembowel.

   He will be hanged, drawn and quartered.

9. (archery) To pull back the arrow in preparation for shooting.
10. (of curtains, etc.) To close.

    You should draw the curtains at night.

11. (intransitive) (of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.

    Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for three minutes before pouring.

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

    Both these teams will draw if nobody scores soon.

13. To consume, for example, power.

    The circuit draws three hundred watts.

14. To determine the result of a lottery.

    The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday.

15. (card games) To take the top card of a deck into hand.

    At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.

16. (poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve ones hand with future cards. See also draw out.

    Jill has four diamonds; shell try to draw for a flush.

17. inhale
    • 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

      So always look on the bright side of death

      Just before you draw your terminal breath

18. to cause
    • 2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, BBC Sport:

      In a desperately tight opening set, the pace and accuracy of the Serbians groundstrokes began to draw errors from the usually faultless Nadal and earned him the first break point of the day at 5-4.

draw (plural draws)

1. The result of a game in which neither side has won; a tie.

   The game ended in a draw.

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

   The draw is on Saturday.

   • 2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, BBC:

     Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sundays draw.

3. (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.
4. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade
5. (curling) A shot that lands in play without hitting another stone out, as opposed to a takeout shot.
6. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
   • 1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia, Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 15

     The garden, curiously enough, was a quarter of a mile from the house, and the way to it led up a shadow draw past the cattle corral.

7. (colloquial) Cannabis.
8. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
9. (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.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Ryan Wiseman, Earn $30,000 Per Month Playing Online Poker: A Step-By-Step Guide to Single, page 82:

     The player to your left immediately raises you the minimum by clicking the raise button. This action immediately suggests that hes on a draw

10. The schedule of games in a sports league - NRL Fixtures - 2011 NRL Draw

Definizione dizionario draw

	disegnare
	to produce a picture
	Produrre le tracce o dei segni con un colore solido su una superficie dura o con un oggetto solido su superficie più molle.
	To produce traces or marks with a solid colour on a hard surface or with a solid object on softer surface.

	pareggio
	tie as a result of a game
	Risultato di parità.

	affidarsi
	to rely on

	estrarre
	to pull out

	pareggiare
	to end a game with neither side winning

	sorteggiare
	Determinare il risultato di una lotteria.
	To determine the result of a lottery.

	tirare
	Applicare ad un oggetto una forza tali verso quello che applica la forza.
	To apply a force to (an object) such that it comes toward the one applying the force.

	trarre
	to deduce or infer

attrarre

	dedurra
	Raggiungere una conclusione applicando le regole logiche ai dati premessi.
	To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.

	emettere
	To prepare a bill of exchange or a promissory note.

	pari
	Il risultato di un gioco nel quale nessuno ha vinto.
	The result of a game in which neither side has won.

	parità
	Il risultato di un gioco nel quale nessuno ha vinto.
	The result of a game in which neither side has won.

	riffa
	procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined

abbassare

abbozzare

attingere

attirare

attìngere

cavare

delineare

dipingere

eguaglianza

estrazione

macchiare

patta

pescaggio

prelevare

rendere più basso

rigare

riscuotere

ritirare

sorteggio

spillare

stendere

strappo

strattone

tendere

tiro

tracciare

trafilare

trainare

trascinare

Altri significati:

lay (a cable)

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

(curling) A shot that lands in play without hitting another stone out, as opposed to a takeout shot.

draw (a line)

To cause to move along the ground by pulling.

To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).

(of curtains, etc.) To close.

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

to close curtains etc.

(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.

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

To consume, for example, power.

To attract.

The result of a game in which neither side has won; a tie.

(colloquial) Cannabis.

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

(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 .

(intransitive) (of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.

(card games) To take the top card of a deck into hand.

(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.

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

inhale

The schedule of games in a sports league - NRL Fixtures - 2011 NRL Draw

to determine the result of a lottery

To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.

to attract

To drag, pull.

To deduce or infer.

draw (in competition)

draw (water)

(archery) To pull back the arrow in preparation for shooting.

To disembowel.

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