Definitions for drawing

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drawing draw·ing

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IPA: /ˈdrɔ ɪŋ/

Drawing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in drawing (adginrw).

Definitions for drawing

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that draws.
2. a graphic representation by lines of an object or idea, as with a pencil; a delineation of form without reference to color.
3. a sketch, plan, or design, especially one made with pen, pencil, or crayon.
4. the art or technique of making these.
5. something decided by drawing lots; lottery.
6. the selection, or time of selection, of the winning chance or chances sold by lottery or raffle.
7. an act of drawing.
8. something that attracts customers, an audience, etc.
9. something that is moved by being drawn, as the movable part of a drawbridge.
10. something that is chosen or drawn at random, as a lot or chance.
11. drawing (defs 5, 6).
12. a contest that ends in a tie; an undecided contest.
13. Also called draw play. Football. a play in which the quarterback fades as if to pass and then hands the ball to a back, usually the fullback, who is running toward the line of scrimmage.
14. Poker. a card or cards taken or dealt from the pack. draw poker.
15. Physical Geography. a small, natural drainageway with a shallow bed; gully. the dry bed of a stream. Chiefly Western U.S. a coulee; ravine.
16. the pull necessary to draw a bow to its full extent.
17. an amount regularly drawn, as from a drawing account.
18. a fund, as an expense account or credit line, from which money may be withdrawn when needed.
19. Horology. the tendency of a tooth of an escape wheel to force toward the center of the wheel a pallet engaging with it.

Idioms

1. beat to the draw, to react quicker than an opponent.
2. draw oneself up, to assume an erect posture.
3. luck of the draw. luck (def 10).

Verb phrases

1. draw ahead, to gradually pass something moving in the same direction. Nautical. (of the wind) to blow from a direction closer to that in which a vessel is moving; haul forward. Compare veer1 (def 2b).
2. draw away, to move or begin to move away: to move farther ahead:
3. draw down, to deplete or be depleted through use or consumption:
4. draw in, to cause to take part or enter, especially unwittingly: to make a rough sketch of:
5. draw off, to move back or away.
6. draw on, to come nearer; approach: to clothe oneself in: Nautical. (of a vessel) to gain on (another vessel). to utilize or make use of, especially as a source:
7. draw out, to pull out; remove. to prolong; lengthen. to persuade to speak: Nautical. (of a vessel) to move away from (sometimes followed by from): to take (money) from a place of deposit:
8. draw up, to devise or formulate; draft, especially in legal form or as a formal proposal: to put into position; arrange in order or formation: to bring or come to a stop; halt:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
2. to bring, take, or pull out, as from a receptacle or source:
3. to bring toward oneself or itself, as by inherent force or influence; attract:
4. to sketch (someone or something) in lines or words; delineate; depict:
5. to compose or create (a picture) in lines.
6. to mark or lay out; trace:
7. to frame or formulate:
8. to write out in legal form (sometimes followed by up):
9. to inhale or suck in:
10. to derive or use, as from a source:
11. to deduce; infer:
12. to get, take, or receive, as from a source:
13. to withdraw funds from a drawing account, especially against future commissions on sales.
14. to produce; bring in:
15. to disembowel:
16. to drain:
17. to pull out to full or greater length; make by attenuating; stretch:
18. to bend (a bow) by pulling back its string in preparation for shooting an arrow.
19. to choose or to have assigned to one at random, by or as by picking an unseen number, item, etc.:
20. Metalworking. to form or reduce the sectional area of (a wire, tube, etc.) by pulling through a die.
21. to wrinkle or shrink by contraction.
22. Medicine/Medical. to cause to discharge:
23. to obtain (rations, clothing, equipment, weapons, or ammunition) from an issuing agency, as an army quartermaster.
24. Nautical. (of a vessel) to need (a specific depth of water) to float:
25. to leave (a contest) undecided; finish with neither side winning, as in a tie.
26. Cards. to take or be dealt (a card or cards) from the pack. Bridge. to remove the outstanding cards in (a given suit) by leading that suit:
27. Billiards. to cause (a cue ball) to recoil after impact by giving it a backward spin on the stroke.
28. Northeastern U.S. (chiefly New England) . to haul; cart.
29. Hunting. to search (a covert) for game.
30. Cricket. to play (a ball) with a bat held at an angle in order to deflect the ball between the wicket and the legs.
31. Curling. to slide (the stone) gently.
32. to steep (tea) in boiling water.
33. to form or shape (glass) as it comes from the furnace by stretching.

verb (used without object)

1. to exert a pulling, moving, or attracting force:
2. to move or pass, especially slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force (often followed by on, off, out, etc.):
3. to take out a sword, pistol, etc., for action.
4. to hold a drawing, lottery, or the like:
5. to sketch or to trace figures; create a picture or depict by sketching.
6. to be skilled in or practice the art of sketching:
7. to shrink or contract (often followed by up).
8. to make a demand (usually followed by on or upon):
9. Medicine/Medical. to act as an irritant; cause blisters. to cause blood, pus, or the like to gather at a specific point.
10. to produce or permit a draft, as a pipe or flue.
11. to leave a contest undecided; tie.
12. Hunting. to search a covert for game. to follow a game animal by its scent.
13. to attract customers, an audience, etc.:
14. to pull back the string of a bow in preparation for shooting an arrow.

Origin of drawing

Middle English word dating back to 1275-1325; See origin at draw, -ing¹

Examples for drawing

"In spite of it and because of it," he said, drawing up a chair near to her.

"Yes," said the captain, drawing from his pocket a large wallet.

A drawing of three skulls along with a message in English appeared on computer screens at the targeted firms.

Like drawing tattoos, sewing earmuffs, or fashioning model airplanes from old chip bags?

Our animators are very excited to be drawing the innards of a human being.

May she draw a husband, while drawing her water, as Rachel did of old.

I had no means of preserving a specimen, but I took a drawing of one.

By drawing boundaries against wrongful conduct, law provides a protective zone of freedom within those boundaries.

The end of Mr. Gladstone's first ministry was now drawing near.

Now, the recent actions of ISIS and Boko Haram are drawing attention to the role of human trafficking.