drawing
//ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ//
Forms
- Plural
- drawings
Definitions
1.present participle and gerund of draw
1.A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
2.The act of producing such a picture.
3.Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
4.The process of drawing or pulling something.
- Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3210
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
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.