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Drawing   /drˈɔɪŋ/   Listen
Drawing

noun
1.
An illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper.
2.
A representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines.  "He did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"
3.
The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams.  Synonyms: drafting, draftsmanship.
4.
Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots.  Synonym: lottery.
5.
Act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source.  Synonym: drawing off.
6.
The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling.  Synonyms: draft, draught.



Draw

verb
(past drew; past part. drawn; pres. part. drawing)
1.
Cause to move by pulling.  Synonyms: force, pull.  "Pull a sled"
2.
Get or derive.  Synonym: reap.
3.
Make a mark or lines on a surface.  Synonyms: delineate, describe, line, trace.  "Trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
4.
Make, formulate, or derive in the mind.  Synonym: make.  "Draw a conclusion" , "Draw parallels" , "Make an estimate" , "What do you make of his remarks?"
5.
Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.  Synonyms: get out, pull, pull out, take out.  "Pull out a gun" , "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
6.
Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface.  "Draw me a horse"
7.
Take liquid out of a container or well.  Synonym: take out.
8.
Give a description of.  Synonyms: depict, describe.
9.
Select or take in from a given group or region.
10.
Elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc..  "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"
11.
Suck in or take (air).  Synonyms: drag, puff.  "Draw on a cigarette"
12.
Move or go steadily or gradually.
13.
Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source).  Synonyms: draw off, take out, withdraw.  "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
14.
Choose at random.  Synonym: cast.  "Cast lots"
15.
Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher.  Synonym: get.
16.
Bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition.  "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum" , "The session was drawn to a close"
17.
Cause to flow.
18.
Write a legal document or paper.
19.
Engage in drawing.
20.
Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something.  "Draw the curtains"
21.
Allow a draft.
22.
Require a specified depth for floating.
23.
Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him.  Synonyms: draw and quarter, quarter.
24.
Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense.  Synonym: pull.
25.
Take in, also metaphorically.  Synonyms: absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up.  "She drew strength from the minister's words"
26.
Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.  Synonyms: attract, draw in, pull, pull in.  "The ad pulled in many potential customers" , "This pianist pulls huge crowds" , "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
27.
Thread on or as if on a string.  Synonyms: string, thread.  "The child drew glass beads on a string" , "Thread dried cranberries"
28.
Stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow).  Synonym: pull back.
29.
Pass over, across, or through.  Synonyms: guide, pass, run.  "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine" , "He drew her hair through his fingers"
30.
Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc..  Synonym: tie.
31.
Contract.
32.
Reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die.
33.
Steep; pass through a strainer.
34.
Remove the entrails of.  Synonyms: disembowel, eviscerate.
35.
Flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching.
36.
Cause to localize at one point.



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"Drawing" Quotes from Famous Books



... again each the other's hand, and drew close side to side. The company rose, and Mr. Barbary was on the point of speaking when there emerged upon the family scene, from an inner chamber, as though he had been a foreigner entering a fashionable drawing-room, Mr. Tiffany Carrack, in the very blossom of full dress; his hair in glossy curl, with white neckcloth and waistcoat of the latest cut and tie, coat and pants of the purest model, pumps and silk stockings; bearing in his hand a gossamer pocket-handkerchief, which he shook daintily as he advanced, ...
— Chanticleer - A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family • Cornelius Mathews

... 18, 1805] Tuesday June 18th 1805. This morning I employed all hands in drawing the perogue on shore in a thick bunch of willow bushes some little distance below our camp; fastened her securely, drove out the plugs of the gage holes of her bottom and covered her with bushes and driftwood ...
— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al

... finial is a fine example of French ceramic ware, or glazed terracotta, and it is illustrated both by geometrical elevation and a cross sectional drawing. This latter shows the clever building up of the structure by means of a series of five pieces, overlapping each other, and kept rigid by means of a stout wrought-iron upright in the center, bolted on to the ridge, and strapped ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 • Various

... chance in life, if you'll let me off afterward. There must be another lost heir somewhere; let's dig him up and then come back to little old New York and be happy. Gee! Ann,"—letting himself go and drawing nearer to her,— "how happy we could be in one of those little flats ...
— T. Tembarom • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... the first human feet that had taken the journey. Halfway across, at a point where the path ran over a little brook, I found a deadfall set squarely in the way of unwary feet. It was different from any I had ever seen, and was made like this: {drawing omitted} ...
— Secret of the Woods • William J. Long


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