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Definition of Drawing

1. Noun. An illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper. "It is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7"

2. Noun. A representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines. "He did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"

3. Noun. The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams. "He learned drawing from his father"

4. Noun. Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots.

5. Noun. Act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source. "The drawing of water from the well"

6. Noun. The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling.

Definition of Drawing

1. n. The act of pulling, or attracting.

Definition of Drawing

1. Verb. (present participle of draw) ¹

2. Noun. A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper. ¹

3. Noun. The act of producing such a picture. ¹

4. Noun. Such acts practiced as a graphic art form. ¹

5. Noun. 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). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drawing

1. a portrayal in lines of a form or figure [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawing

drawer drawer sign drawer test drawerful drawerfuls drawerless drawers drawersful draweth drawfiling

drawfilings drawgear drawgears drawhead drawheads drawing (current term) drawing-room car drawing board drawing boards drawing card

drawing chalk drawing dead drawing hand drawing hands drawing ink drawing live drawing lots drawing off drawing out drawing paper

Literary usage of Drawing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1878)
"Hand-book of Map drawing, 66 с But. Hodge's Linear Perspective, 75 с Put. ... Mahan's Industrial drawing, $3.50 Wil. Maycock'8 Industrial drawing Books, ..."

2. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School, Chicago, American Technical Society (1909)
"drawing is the method used to show graphically the small details of ... A brief inspection of an accurate, well-executed drawing gives a better idea of a ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"Sir Richard Southwell (in the Uffizi at Florence, drawing at Windsor), Sir John Russell (at Woburn Abbey, drawing at Windsor), Sir William Butts (formerly ..."

4. China by Robert Kennaway Douglas (1882)
"CHAPTER X. drawing. j,HE art of drawing is held in great esteem in China, and the works of the most renowned artists are eagerly sought after, ..."

5. Modern Engineering Practice: A Reference Library by American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1906)
"MECHANICAL drawing. The subject of mechanical drawing is of great interest and ... drawing is the method used to show graphically the small details of ..."

6. The Massachusetts Teacher and Journal of Home and School Education by Massachusetts Teachers Association (1873)
"Tm« series of Text-Books on drawing, which will be completed daring the year, ... Starling with the idea that drawing Is a study as easily mastered as ..."

7. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School, (Chicago, Ill.) (1907)
"Out side of its general educational value freehand drawing is as absolutely ... The essential problem of most drawing is to express length, breadth, ..."

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