drawing


Meanings

  • an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper;
    • "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7"
  • 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"
  • the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams;
    • "he learned drawing from his father"
  • players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
  • act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source;
    • "the drawing of water from the well"
  • the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
  • cause to move by pulling;
  • get or derive;
  • make a mark or lines on a surface;
  • make, formulate, or derive in the mind;
  • bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;
  • represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface;
  • take liquid out of a container or well;
  • give a description of;
  • select or take in from a given group or region;
  • elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.;
  • suck in or take (air);
  • move or go steadily or gradually;
  • remove (a commodity) from (a supply source);
  • choose at random;
  • earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;
  • bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition;
  • cause to flow;
  • write a legal document or paper;
  • engage in drawing;
    • "He spent the day drawing in the garden"
  • move or pull so as to cover or uncover something;
  • allow a draft;
  • require a specified depth for floating;
  • pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;
  • cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense;
  • take in, also metaphorically;
  • direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;
  • thread on or as if on a string;
  • stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow);
    • "The archers were drawing their bows"
  • pass over, across, or through;
  • finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;
  • contract;
  • reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die;
  • steep; pass through a strainer;
  • remove the entrails of;
  • flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching;
  • cause to localize at one point;
  • DRAWING n pl. -S a portrayal in lines of a form or figure


Scrabble Score: 12

drawing is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

drawing is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

drawing is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 14

drawing is a valid Words With Friends word