DRAWING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drawing mean? 

• DRAWING (noun)
  The noun DRAWING has 6 senses:

1. an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

2. a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines

3. the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams

4. players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots

5. act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source

6. the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

  Familiarity information: DRAWING used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAWING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7

Hypernyms ("drawing" is a kind of...):

art; artwork; graphics; nontextual matter (photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drawing"):

frame (a single drawing in a comic strip)

Derivation:

draw (engage in drawing)

draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures

Hypernyms ("drawing" is a kind of...):

representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drawing"):

diagram (a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts)

trace; tracing (a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image)

stick figure (drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines)

sketch; study (preliminary drawing for later elaboration)

silverpoint (a drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries))

silhouette (a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color)

doodle; scrabble; scribble (an aimless drawing)

rendering (perspective drawing of an architect's design)

architectural plan; plan (scale drawing of a structure)

pen-and-ink (a drawing executed with pen and ink)

mechanical drawing (scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc,)

delineation; depiction; limning; line drawing (a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects)

charcoal (a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material)

Derivation:

draw (make a mark or lines on a surface)

draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drafting; draftsmanship; drawing

Context example:

he learned drawing from his father

Hypernyms ("drawing" is a kind of...):

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drawing"):

pyrography (the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame)

tracing (the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline)

Derivation:

draw (engage in drawing)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drawing; lottery

Hypernyms ("drawing" is a kind of...):

gambling game; game of chance (a game that involves gambling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drawing"):

tombola (a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum)

lucky dip (a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random)

numbers; numbers game; numbers pool; numbers racket (an illegal daily lottery)

raffle (a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money)

sweepstakes (a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants)

Derivation:

draw (choose at random)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drawing; drawing off

Context example:

the drawing of water from the well

Hypernyms ("drawing" is a kind of...):

drain (a gradual depletion of energy or resources)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drawing"):

derivation (drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body)

derivation (drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation)

Derivation:

draw (take liquid out of a container or well)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

draft; draught; drawing

Hypernyms ("drawing" is a kind of...):

pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)

Derivation:

draw (cause to move by pulling)

 Context examples 

“Return ticket from Mackleton, in the north of England,” said Holmes, drawing it from the watch-pocket.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After that, the little brown hood slipped through the hedge nearly every day, and the great drawing room was haunted by a tuneful spirit that came and went unseen.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

By drawing blood and looking for tumor cells, doctors may be able to screen for cancer. (This type of cancer screening is called a liquid biopsy.)

(Magnetic Wires May Soon Be Used in Your Veins to Detect Cancer Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The autologous CT7/MAGE-A3/WT1 mRNA-electroporated Langerhans-type dendritic cells are prepared by drawing a blood sample containing the CD34+ HPCs from a cancer patient.

(Autologous CT7/MAGE-A3/WT1 mRNA-Electroporated Langerhans-Type Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

All was drawing alow and aloft; everyone was in the bravest spirits because we were now so near an end of the first part of our adventure.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I then proposed to occupy myself till dinner-time in drawing some little sketches for her use.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

They have not seen two such drawing rooms before.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Each of us picked up a faggot of this, and we made our way up weed-covered steps to the particular cave which was marked in the drawing.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I rushed towards the window, and drawing a pistol from my bosom, fired; but he eluded me, leaped from his station, and running with the swiftness of lightning, plunged into the lake.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Oh, what a reward it is, said Uriah, drawing up one leg, at the risk of bringing down upon himself another visitation from my aunt, to be so trusted in!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)