Draws

Word DRAWS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /dɹɑz/

Definitions and meanings of "Draws"

What do we mean by draws?

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

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

Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.

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).

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

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

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

A bag of cannabis.

Cannabis.

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

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.

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

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

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The word "draws" in example sentences

The term draws its name from a 1970 Supreme Court ruling that said a defendant could plead guilty while asserting his innocence. ❋ Nathan Koppel (2011)

The term draws upon Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, where competition between individual organisms drives biological evolutionary change (speciation) through the survival of the fittest. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The conclusion Darwin draws is obvious: "the individuals of the vegetable world may be considered as inferior or less perfect animals" (I, 73). ❋ Unknown (2001)

The term draws attention to the fact of distinctness and difference and not to the qualities which make the difference, and least of all to the consciousness of identity by virtue of which "we feel each one of us at home within himself." ❋ Sidney Lewis Gulick (1902)

Time flies; the expiration of his term draws near. ❋ Samuel White Baker (1857)

The work of years is before him, but the expiration of his term draws near. ❋ Samuel White Baker (1857)

"During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, 'You're creating incredible political difficulties for us,'" the current president said as his term draws to a close. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That's not his style, but the title draws in nitwits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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