drawings

Noun

• an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
• 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
• 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 act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
• plural of drawing

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
• 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)
• 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

Synonyms

absorb, attract, cast, delineate, depict, describe, disembowel, draft, drafting, draftsmanship, drag, draught, draw, draw and quarter, draw in, draw off, drawing, 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