Drew vs. Draw
Drew
of Draw.
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United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
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(heading) To move or develop something.
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To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
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To deduce or infer.
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(intransitive) (of drinks, especially tea) To leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.
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(transitive) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, etc.
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To take into the lungs; to inhale.
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(used with prepositions and adverbs) To move; to come or go.
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(transitive) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
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To withdraw.
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(archaic) To draw up (a document).
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(heading) To exert or experience force.
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(transitive) To drag, pull.
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(intransitive) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling.
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To pull out (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
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To undergo the action of pulling or dragging.
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(archery) To pull back the bowstring and its arrow in preparation for shooting.
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(of curtains, etc.) To close.
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(of curtains, etc.) To open.
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(cards) To take the top card of a deck into hand.
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To remove or separate or displace.
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To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood.
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To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
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(figurative) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
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To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
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To work as an epispastic; said of a blister, poultice, etc.
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To have a draught; to transmit smoke, gases, etc.
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(analogous) To consume, for example, power.
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(heading) To change in size or shape.
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To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch.
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(intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.
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(heading) To attract or be attracted.
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To attract.
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To induce a reticent person to speak.
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(hunting) To search for game.
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To cause.
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(intransitive) To exert an attractive force; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
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(Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
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To disembowel.
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To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
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A random selection process.
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To select by the drawing of lots.
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(transitive) To win in a lottery or similar game of chance.
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(poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.
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(curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
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(cricket) 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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(golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
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(billiards) 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.
Drawnoun
The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
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The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
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Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
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(cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out. Different from a tie.
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(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
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(curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
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(geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
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(colloquial) Cannabis.
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In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
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(poker) 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.
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(archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
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(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.
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To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.
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To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc.
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To pull from a sheath, as a sword.
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To remove the contents of
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To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
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To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.
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To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.
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To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
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To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
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To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank.
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To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.
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To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe.
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To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.
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To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; - said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water.
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To withdraw.
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To trace by scent; to track; - a hunting term.
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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 leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn.
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To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well.
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To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.
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To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.
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To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; - said of a blister, poultice, etc.
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To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.
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To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.
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To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures.
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To become contracted; to shrink.
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To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; - with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, draw nigh, or draw towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.
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To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; - usually with on or upon.
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To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.
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To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
Drawnoun
The act of drawing; draught.
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A lot or chance to be drawn.
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the act of drawing a lot or chance.
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A drawn game or battle, etc; a tied game; a tie.
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That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
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The result of drawing, or state of being drawn;
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That which is drawn or is subject to drawing.
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a gully that is shallower than a ravine
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an entertainer who attracts large audiences;
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the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided;
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anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;
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a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack;
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a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer;
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(American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
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poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer;
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the act of drawing or hauling something;
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cause to move along the ground by pulling;
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get or derive;
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make a mark or lines on a surface;
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make, formulate, or derive in the mind;
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bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;
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represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface;
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take liquid out of a container or well;
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give a description of;
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select or take in from a given group or region;
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elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.;
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suck in or take (air);
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move or go steadily or gradually;
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remove (a commodity) from (a supply source);
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choose at random;
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in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;
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bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition;
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cause to flow;
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write a legal document or paper;
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engage in drawing;
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move or pull so as to cover or uncover something;
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allow a draft;
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require a specified depth for floating;
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pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;
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take in, also metaphorically;
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direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;
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thread on or as if on a string;
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pull back the sling of (a bow);
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guide or pass over something;
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finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;
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contract;
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reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die;
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steep; pass through a strainer;
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remove the entrails of;
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flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching;
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cause to localize at one point;
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produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.
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produce an image of (someone or something) by making lines and marks on paper
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trace or produce (a line or mark) on a surface
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pull or drag (something such as a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind
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pull or move (something) in a specified direction
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gently pull or guide (someone) in a specified direction
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move somewhere in a slow steady way
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come to or arrive at a point in time or in a process
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pull (curtains) shut or open
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make (wire) by pulling a piece of metal through successively smaller holes.
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extract (an object) from a container or receptacle
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take or obtain (liquid) from a container or receptacle
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run (a bath)
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obtain something from (a particular source)
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select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.
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use (one's experience, talents, or skills) as a resource
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obtain or withdraw (money) from a bank or other source
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search (cover) for game
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(of the declarer) force the defenders to play (cards in a particular suit) by leading cards in that suit
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suck smoke from (a cigarette or pipe)
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(of a chimney, flue, or fire) allow air to flow in and upwards freely, so that a fire can burn
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take in (a breath)
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(of tea) be left standing so that the flavour is extracted from the leaves
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disembowel
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be the cause of (a specified response)
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attract (someone) to come to a place or an event
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induce (someone) to reveal or do something
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direct or attract (someone's attention) to something
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reach (a conclusion) by deduction or inference from a set of circumstances
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formulate or perceive (a comparison or distinction)
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select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.
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finish (a contest or game) with an even score
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(in bowls) cause (a bowl) to travel in a curve determined by its bias to the desired point.
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hit (the ball) so that it deviates slightly, usually as a result of spin
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(of a ship) require (a specified depth of water) to float in
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(of a sail) be filled with wind
Drawnoun
an act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.
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a game or contest that ends with the score even
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a game which is left incomplete for lack of time, regardless of the scores.
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a person or thing that is very attractive or interesting
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an act of drawing on a cigarette or cigar
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cannabis
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an act of pulling a gun from its holster in order to shoot
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a shot causing the ball to deviate slightly
