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drawing

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verb/ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ//ˈdɹoː.ɹɪŋ//ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of drawform-ofgerundparticiple

noun/ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ//ˈdɹoː.ɹɪŋ//ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/
  1. 1

    A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.countableuncountable

    • While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.
  2. 2

    The act of producing such a picture.uncountable

  3. 3

    Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.countableuncountable

  4. 4

    The process of drawing or pulling something.countableuncountable

    • Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.
  5. 5

    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.countableuncountable

  6. 6

    A small portion of tea for steeping.countableuncountable

    • […] the tea-kettle was presently steaming like an engine, and an extra large "drawing of tea" was steeping on the hearth.

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