drawing
/ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/ noun A2- A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
- The act of producing such a picture.
- Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
- The process of drawing or pulling something. · Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.
- An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
- A small portion of tea for steeping.
Plural drawings
From the library
“I will now cut one of these pills in two,” said Holmes, and drawing his penknife he suited the action to the word.
Morrel looked around him, and then, drawing Dantès on one side, he said suddenly—
“Let us have some fresh blood,” he said, digging a long bodkin into his finger, and drawing off the resulting drop of blood in a chemical pipette.
Evening was drawing in when we reassembled.
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