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drawing definition

draw·ing (drô′iŋ)

noun

  1. the act of one that draws; specif., the art of representing something by lines made on a surface with a pencil, pen, etc.
  2. a picture, design, sketch, etc. thus made
  3. a lottery

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drawing Synonyms

drawing

n.

  1. The practice or study of drawing

    sketching, design, illustration, representation, rendering, tracing, limning, etching, draftsmanship, commercial art, graphic art; see also art 2. see picture 3, representation.

    Kinds of drawing include: life, line, figure, architectural, mechanical, isometric, scale, freehand, pen and ink, charcoal, red charcoal, pencil, black and white, chiaroscuro, computer-aided design, CAD;

  2. A work produced by drawing

    sketch, likeness, study; see design 1, picture 3, representation.

  3. A raffle

    lottery, sweepstakes, pool; see raffle.


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drawing Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • amend: How to prepare and return amended drawings back to site as quickly as possible.

Adjective modifier

  • observational: Children will then respond to the site through observational drawing and mask making.

Modifies a noun

  • board: Hope a couple of my ideas are on the drawing board.

Noun used with modifier

  • pencil: We sell watercolors, oils, pastels and pencil drawings.

Possessives

  • architect: The scheme of science is like the drawing of a mighty palace, Coulson tells us, especially an architect's drawing.

Preposition: in

  • pencil: Version one: Line drawing in F grade pencil, wash in dilute Chinese ink.
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drawing quotes

Defend me, therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up!

-Cowper,William

Drawing is not the form; it is the way of seeing the form.

-Degas, (Hilaire Germain) Edgar

Drawing is onlya necessary evil, proportions are easily determined: colour isthe goal, the beginning and end of art.

-Heinse,Wilhelm

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