drawing

Plural: drawings

Noun

• The art or act of making pictorial representations.
• an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
  • "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7"
• a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
  • "drawings of abstract forms"
  • "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"
• the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams
  • "he learned drawing from his father"
• players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
• act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
  • "the drawing of water from the well"
• the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
• A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
• 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.
• A small portion of tea for steeping.

Verb

• cause to move by pulling
• get or derive
• make a mark or lines on a surface
• make, formulate, or derive in the mind
• bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
• represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
• take liquid out of a container or well
• give a description of
• select or take in from a given group or region
• elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
• suck in or take (air)
• move or go steadily or gradually
• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
• choose at random
• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
• bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
• cause to flow
• write a legal document or paper
• engage in drawing
  • "He spent the day drawing in the garden"
• move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
• allow a draft
• require a specified depth for floating
• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
• cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
• take in, also metaphorically
• direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
• thread on or as if on a string
• stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
  • "The archers were drawing their bows"
• pass over, across, or through
• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
• contract
• reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
• steep; pass through a strainer
• remove the entrails of
• flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
• cause to localize at one point
• present participle and gerund of draw

Examples

• His strategic drawing of tiles was as artful as any masterpiece.

Synonyms

absorb, attract, cast, delineate, depict, describe, disembowel, draft, drafting, draftsmanship, drag, draught, draw, draw and quarter, draw in, draw off, drawing off, eviscerate, force, get, get out, guide, imbibe, line, lottery, make, pass, puff, pull, pull back, pull in, pull out, quarter, reap, run, soak up, sop up, string, suck, suck up, take in, take out, take up, thread, tie, trace, withdraw

Antonyms

deposit, push, repel

Related Words

draft, drafter, draftsman, drawer, drawing room, drawnwork, sketch