drawing
UK /ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/ · US /ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/ noun
Also a form of draw
Forms drawings dwg
- noun A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
- noun (uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
- noun Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
- noun The process of drawing or pulling something.
- noun 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.
- noun A small portion of tea for steeping.
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Etymology
From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw + -ing.
From Middle English drauinge, drawinge, alteration of earlier drawende, drawand, from Old English dragende, from Proto-Germanic *dragandz (“drawing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw; pull”), equivalent to draw + -ing.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of pulling, or attracting.
- noun The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “drawing”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details