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Common uses

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Draw (terrain) A re-entrant (international) or draw or is a terrain feature formed by two parallel ridges or spurs with low ground in between them. The area of low ground itself is the draw, and it is defined by the spurs surrounding it. Re-entrants are simil ...
, a terrain feature formed by two parallel ridges or spurs with low ground in between them *
Drawing (manufacturing) Drawing is a metalworking process that uses tensile forces to stretch (elongate) metal, glass, or plastic. As the metal is drawn (pulled), it stretches to become thinner, to achieve a desired shape and thickness. Drawing is classified into two t ...
, a process where metal, glass, or plastic or anything else is stretched **
Wire drawing Wire drawing is a metalworking process used to reduce the cross-section of a wire by pulling the wire through a single, or series of, drawing die(s). There are many applications for wire drawing, including electrical wiring, cables, tension-loa ...
* Drawing, the result or the act of making an image with a writing utensil * To select or wield: ** A part of many
card game A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ga ...
s, to "draw" a card ** A part of a lottery, to "draw" a lottery number ** The act of wielding a weapon by removing from a sheath, to "draw" a knife or sword ** The act of wielding a weapon by removing from a
holster A handgun holster is a device used to hold or restrict the undesired movement of a handgun, most commonly in a location where it can be easily withdrawn for immediate use. Holsters are often attached to a belt or waistband, but they may be at ...
, to "draw" a pistol **
Venipuncture In medicine, venipuncture or venepuncture is the process of obtaining intravenous access for the purpose of venous blood sampling (also called ''phlebotomy'') or intravenous therapy. In healthcare, this procedure is performed by medical labor ...


People

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Stefanie Draws Stefanie Draws (born 16 October 1989 in Rostock) is a German former football defender. Career She began her football career at the age of five at Rostocker FC. Then, she went to FSV Dummerstorf 47 and joined the FFV Neubrandenburg in 2003. She ...
(born 1989), German footballer


Arts, entertainment, and media


Music

* ''Draw'', the debut album of
Matthew Jay Graham Matthew Jay (10 October 1978 – 25 September 2003) was an English singer-songwriter. Signed to EMI imprint Food Records in 1999, Jay released his debut album, ''Draw'', in 2001. He died in the early hours of 25 September 2003 from a f ...
* ''Drawn'' (album), a 1998 album by Regina Velasquez


Other arts, entertainment, and media

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Draw! ''Draw!'' is a 1984 American Western comedy film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern. It stars Kirk Douglas, James Coburn and Alexandra Bastedo. Plot In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado, Harry Holland (Kirk Douglas), only wan ...
'', a 1984 comedy-western film * ''Drawn'' (series), game series


Computing and technology

* Direct read after write (DRAW) * OpenOffice.org Draw, a vector graphics editor *
Rendering (computer graphics) Rendering or image synthesis is the process of generating a photorealistic or non-photorealistic image from a 2D or 3D model by means of a computer program. The resulting image is referred to as the render. Multiple models can be defined ...
, sometimes referred to as drawing


Sports and games

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Draw (hockey) A face-off is the method used to begin and restart play after goals in some sports using sticks, primarily ice hockey, bandy, floorball, broomball, rinkball, and lacrosse. During a face-off, two teams line up in opposition to each other, and t ...
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Draw (poker) A poker player is drawing if they have a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. The hand itself is called a draw or drawing hand. For example, in seven-card stud, if four of a player's first five cards are all spad ...
, the act of taking a card from the dealer in Poker **
Draw poker Draw poker is any poker 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, or "drawing", cards. The descriptions below assume the reader is familiar w ...
, a poker variant in which each player is dealt a complete hand before the first betting round *
Draw (tie) A draw or tie occurs in a competitive sport when the results are identical or inconclusive. Ties or draws are possible in some, but not all, sports and games. Such an outcome, sometimes referred to as deadlock, can also occur in other areas of lif ...
, a result in competitions where there is either no winner or multiple winners ** Draw (chess), one of the possible outcomes of a chess game (a tie) * Draw, the schedule of fixtures in a
sports league A sports league is a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other and gain points in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on wee ...
* Bow draw, the act of pulling back the string of a bow before loosing an arrow *
Draw play A draw play, or simply draw for short, is a type of American football play. The draw is a running play disguised as a passing play. It is the opposite of a play-action pass, which is a passing play disguised as a running play. The play is often used ...
, a type of American football play that "tricks" the defense into thinking a pass is being thrown


Other uses

* Hanged, drawn and quartered, a form of punishment


See also

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Draft (disambiguation) Draft, The Draft, or Draught may refer to: Watercraft dimensions * Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel * Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail * Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vesse ...
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Draft lottery (disambiguation) Draft lottery can refer to: * NBA Draft Lottery, a lottery determining the order of the teams for the first 14 selections in the NBA Draft * Sports draft * Draft lottery (1969), the system whereby the United States conscripted soldiers during the ...
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Drawdown (disambiguation) Drawdown may refer to: * ''Drawdown'' (book), 2017 book by Paul Hawken about climate change mitigation * Drawdown (climate), the point at which greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere begin to decline * Drawdown (economics), decline in th ...
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Drawer (disambiguation) Drawer is a component of furniture. Drawer or Drawers may also refer to: * Someone who engages in drawing * Payor A payment is the voluntary tender of money or its equivalent or of things of value by one party (such as a person or company) to ...
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Drawing (disambiguation) Drawing may refer to: Visual arts * Drawing, a visual art that involves marking a two-dimensional medium ** Technical drawing, drawings with greater precision for engineering ** Rasterizing, the act of ''drawing'' primitives into a bitmap image in ...
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Drew (disambiguation) Drew may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places ;In the United States * Drew, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Drew, Mississippi, a city * Drew, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Drew, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Drew County, Arkansas ...
* Quick Draw (disambiguation) {{disambiguation