English noun: drawing | |||
1. | drawing (communication) an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper | ||
Samples | It is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | art, artwork, graphics, nontextual matter | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | frame | ||
2. | drawing (artifact) a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines | ||
Samples | Drawings of abstract forms. He did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | representation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | architectural plan, charcoal, delineation, depiction, diagram, doodle, limning, line drawing, mechanical drawing, pen-and-ink, plan, rendering, scrabble, scribble, silhouette, silverpoint, sketch, stick figure, study, trace, tracing | ||
3. | drawing (act) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | ||
Samples | He learned drawing from his father. | ||
Synonyms | drafting, draftsmanship | ||
Broader (hypernym) | art, artistic creation, artistic production | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | pyrography, tracing | ||
4. | drawing (act) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | ||
Synonyms | lottery | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gambling game, game of chance | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | lucky dip, numbers, numbers game, numbers pool, numbers racket, raffle, sweepstakes, tombola | ||
5. | drawing (act) act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source | ||
Samples | The drawing of water from the well. | ||
Synonyms | drawing off | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drain | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | derivation, derivation | ||
6. | drawing (act) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | ||
Synonyms | draft, draught | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pull, pulling | ||