Other Definitions drawing (enc)
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Drawing| Noun | 1. | 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"diagram - a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts rendering - perspective drawing of an architect's design representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something 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 | | | 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 lotstombola - a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum 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 raffle - a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money | | | 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 pullingpull, 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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