Draw

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Draw has the following meanings:

• Drawing is one way of making an image by making marks on a specific place with a writing utensil.

• In competitions, a draw or tie is a result where there is either no winner or multiple winners.
  • Draw in chess

• In tournaments, a draw is a list of which player/team is playing which other player/team in the current round. Methods of producing the draw range from all-play-all through complex mathematically determined models to random.

• In gambling, a draw is a lottery, especially one in which winning tickets are literally drawn (pulled) from a container, or indicates a specific selection event ("today's draw") among a recurring or serial lottery.

• In poker,
  • Draw poker is the general name for any 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.
  • One is said to be drawing in a poker game if one has a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. The hand itself is called a draw.

• In American football, a draw play is one that "tricks" the defense into thinking a pass is being thrown, when in fact a running play has been called.

• In golf, a draw is a type of golf shot where the ball curves slightly from right to left.

• Draw is also a hill billy term for cannabis used notably by the Goldie Lookin' Chain.

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

• In geography, a draw is a dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.

• In firearms, drawing is a term for brandishing one's gun.

• In archery, draw is the term for the act of preparing the arrow to shoot.

See also: list of all pages beginning with "draw"

DRAW is an acronym for:

• Direct Read After Write
• Drawing Retrieval Access Workstation