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Drawing

Noun1.drawing - an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book or magazine; "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7"
artwork, graphics, nontextual matter, art - photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"
2.drawing - 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"
charcoal - a drawing made with charcoal
limning, line drawing, delineation, depiction - a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
diagram - a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
mechanical drawing - scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc,
pen-and-ink - a drawing executed with pen and ink
architectural plan, plan - scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file"
rendering - perspective drawing of an architect's design
representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
doodle, scrabble, scribble - an aimless drawing
silhouette - a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
silverpoint - a drawing made with on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)
sketch, study - preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"
stick figure - drawing of a human of animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines
tracing, trace - drawing created by tracing
3.drawing - the creation of artistic drawings; "he learned drawing from his father"
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
pyrography - the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame
tracing - the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline
4.drawing - players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots
tombola - a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum
gambling game, game of chance - a game that involves gambling
lucky dip - a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random
numbers game, numbers pool, numbers racket, numbers - an illegal daily lottery
raffle - a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
sweepstake, sweepstakes - a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
5.drawing - act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well"
derivation - drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
derivation - drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
drain - a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emmigration"
6.drawing - the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
pull, pulling - the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"

 

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