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Draw, drawing, draws, or drawn most commonly refer to:
- Draw (terrain), a terrain feature formed by two parallel ridges or spurs with low ground in between them
- Draw (tie), in a competition, where competitors achieve equal outcomes
- Drawing, the imparting or production of an image on a surface
- To select, pull, or take:
- A part of a card game, to "draw" a card
- A part of a lottery, to "draw" a lottery number
- A part of venipuncture, to "draw" a blood sample
- The act of wielding a weapon by removing it from a scabbard, to "draw" a knife, dagger, or sword
- The act of wielding a weapon by removing it from a holster, to "draw" a handgun
Draw and related terms may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Music
[edit]- Drawn (album), a 1998 album by Regina Velasquez
- Draw, the 2001 debut album of Matthew Jay
- "The Draw", a 2013 song by Bastille (band)
- "Draw", a 2022 song by Ichillin'
Other arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Draw!, a 1984 comedy-western film
- Drawn (series), a video game series by Big Fish Studios
Computing and technology
[edit]- Direct read after write (DRAW)
- OpenOffice.org Draw, a vector graphics editor
- Rendering (computer graphics), sometimes referred to as drawing
People
[edit]- Stefanie Draws (born 1989), German footballer
Sports and games
[edit]- Bow draw, in archery, the act of pulling back the string of a bow before loosing an arrow
- Draw (chess), a "drawn" or tied outcome in chess
- Draw (poker), the act of taking a card from the dealer in poker
- Draw poker, a poker variant in which each player is dealt a complete hand before the first betting round
- Draw, the schedule of fixtures in a sports league
- Draw play, a type of American football play that "tricks" the defense into thinking a pass is being thrown
- The "draw", another name for the face-off in team sports such as ice hockey and lacrosse
Other uses
[edit]- Drawing (manufacturing), the use of tensile forces to elongate a workpiece
- Hanged, drawn and quartered, a form of punishment