drawing
verb
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To move or develop something.
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To exert or experience force.
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(fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
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To change in size or shape.
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To attract or be attracted.
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(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.”
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To disembowel.
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To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
“We drew last time we played. I drew him last time I played him. I drew my last game against him.”
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To choose by means of a random selection process.
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To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
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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.
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To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
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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.
noun
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A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
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(uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
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Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
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The process of drawing or pulling something.
“Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.”
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An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
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A small portion of tea for steeping.
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