English Online Dictionary. What means drawing? What does drawing mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈdɹoː.wɪŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/
- (intrusive R) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɔːɹɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ (with intrusive R)
Etymology 1
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.
Verb
drawing
- present participle and gerund of draw
Etymology 2
From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw + -ing.
Noun
drawing (countable and uncountable, plural drawings)
- A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
- (uncountable) 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.
Alternative forms
- dwg (abbreviation)
Derived terms
Related terms
- draft
- drawer
- drawnwork
Translations
See also
- sketch
- drafter
- draftsman
- drawing room (shortened from withdrawing)
Anagrams
- Wingard, warding