What does drawing mean?
Definitions for drawing
ˈdrɔ ɪŋdraw·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word drawing.
Princeton's WordNet
drawingnoun
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
"it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7"
drawingnoun
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"
drawing, draftsmanship, draftingnoun
the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams
"he learned drawing from his father"
lottery, drawingnoun
players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
drawing, drawing offnoun
act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
"the drawing of water from the well"
draft, draught, drawingnoun
the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
Wiktionary
drawingnoun
A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
drawingnoun
The act of producing such a picture.
drawingnoun
Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
drawingnoun
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).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Drawingnoun
Delineation; representation.
Etymology: from draw.
They random drawings from your sheets shall take,
and of one beauty many blunders make. Alexander Pope, Epistles.
Wikipedia
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, erasers, markers, styluses, and metals (such as silverpoint). Digital drawing is the act of drawing on graphics software in a computer. Common methods of digital drawing include a stylus or finger on a touchscreen device, stylus- or finger-to-touchpad, or in some cases, a mouse. There are many digital art programs and devices. A drawing instrument releases a small amount of material onto a surface, leaving a visible mark. The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, wood, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, have been used. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard. Drawing has been a popular and fundamental means of public expression throughout human history. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating ideas. The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities. In addition to its more artistic forms, drawing is frequently used in commercial illustration, animation, architecture, engineering, and technical drawing. A quick, freehand drawing, usually not intended as a finished work, is sometimes called a sketch. An artist who practices or works in technical drawing may be called a drafter, draftsman, or draughtsman.
ChatGPT
drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art in which an individual uses various drawing instruments to mark on a surface, often paper. These instruments could include pencil, pen, charcoal or pastels. It involves the representation or delineation of objects, places, people, or ideas by means of lines. The result of this process may be defined as a drawing or a sketch. It is considered as the basis for all visual arts, including painting, sculpture, and printmaking.
Webster Dictionary
Drawing
of Draw
Drawingnoun
the act of pulling, or attracting
Drawingnoun
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
Drawingnoun
the process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies
Drawingnoun
the process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning
Drawingnoun
the distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery
Wikidata
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Instruments used include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, various kinds of erasers, markers, styluses, and various metals. An artist who practices or works in drawing may be called a draftsman or draughtsman. A small amount of material is released onto the two dimensional medium, leaving a visible mark. The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, may be used. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard or indeed almost anything. The medium has been a popular and fundamental means of public expression throughout human history. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating visual ideas. The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing more common than other media.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
drawing
The state of a sail when there is sufficient wind to inflate it, so as to advance the vessel in her course.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
drawing
In a military sense, is the art of representing the appearances of all kinds of military objects by imitation or copying, both with and without the assistance of mathematical rules.
Editors Contribution
drawing
A form of visual art.
The landscape architect used the drawing to show where the plants, shrubs, trees and outdoor furniture is to be created.
Submitted by MaryC on March 28, 2020
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'drawing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3225
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'drawing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3122
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'drawing' in Nouns Frequency: #955
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Anagrams for drawing »
warding
ginward
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drawing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drawing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of drawing in a Sentence
In 1994, Signe Mayfield said in The Palo Alto Cultural Center: "A more contained approach to the figure is seen in the lyrical drawing Bend, 1991, by Stephen Namara. In contrast to Neri's expressionistic forms, Namara has depicted the calisthenic stance of the figure in a pure, linear arabesque. An ambient, white light heightens the seductive beauty of the drawing. Its resonance comes from its capacity to act as both an abstract calligraph and Lyrical representation".
By the time the child can draw more that scribble, by the age of four or five years, an already well-formed body of conceptual knowledge formulated in language dominates his memory and controls his graphic work. Drawings are graphic accounts of essentially verbal processes. As an essentially verbal education gains control, the child abandons his graphic efforts and relies almost entirely on words. Language has first spoilt drawing and then swallowed it up completely.
It's predictable why these TV talkers are talking like this on the TV. They want to talk about something other than the January 6th hearings on the actual seditious insurrection that led to the deaths of multiple people, but drawing any equivalence between rioters storming our Capitol to prevent the counting of electoral ballots and a cigar-chomping toy dog is a shameful and grotesque insult to the memory of everyone who died.
The thing I really found inspiring was the different approach -- to all kinds of aspect of life, of course, but especially in relation to drawing that I didn't understood until I came here, japanese drawings are often very flat. They don't really strive to create an illusion of three-dimensional that we often do in Western drawing.
With so many people coming forward, there's definitely something going on there, I think there will be a silent drawing away from him as a personality at the school.
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- رسمArabic
- малюнакBelarusian
- рисуване, чертане, чертеж, теглене, рисункаBulgarian
- dibuixCatalan, Valencian
- kresba, nákresCzech
- Zeichnung, Auslosung, Bild, ZiehungGerman
- nutataEwe
- σχεδίασμα, κλήρωση, σχέδιοGreek
- desegnaĵo, desegnadoEsperanto
- dibujo, croquis, sorteo, dibujar, esquema, rifaSpanish
- joonistus, joonistamineEstonian
- nostoarvonta, piirros, piirustus, piirtäminenFinnish
- dessin, pigeFrench
- debuxoGalician
- gambarIndonesian
- disegnoItalian
- 絵, 抽選, デッサン, 図画, 素描, ドローイングJapanese
- ხატვაGeorgian
- ಚಿತ್ರKannada
- 그림Korean
- graphidis scientia, forma, descriptio, graphis, adumbratio, imago, lineamenta, designatioLatin
- цртежMacedonian
- tekening, tekenkunst, tekenenDutch
- tegningNorwegian
- naʼashchʼąąʼNavajo, Navaho
- rysunekPolish
- desenhação, sorteio, desenhoPortuguese
- desen, tragereRomanian
- схе́ма, чертёж, рисование, черчение, розыгрыш, жеребьёвка, диагра́мма, рису́нок, картинкаRussian
- crtež, цртежSerbo-Croatian
- kresbaSlovak
- risanje, risbaSlovene
- shortAlbanian
- mchoroSwahili
- படம், கீறல், ஓவியம்Tamil
- малюнок, рисунокUkrainian
- hình vẽVietnamese
- 画画Chinese
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