In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
(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.
(archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
(uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
The process of drawing or pulling something.
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).
“I had a drawerful of the things, most of them with a neat J monogrammed in one corner.”
“If, on the other hand, a film producer or a literary agent or a big shot City headhunter suggests lunch, a whole drawerful of exciting possibilities slides open in your mind.”
“At worst, a drawerful of confidential information might be thrown away by accident and end up on a rubbish dump.”
drawful
A drawer-full; the amount (of something) that fits in a drawer.
“A new series of colorable, unfilled TPOs designed for large-part thermoforming boast an excellent balance of melt flow, melt strength, and drawability.”