drawing
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(noun) act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source: "the drawing of water from the well" |
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Synonyms: drawing off |
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Related Words: derivation, drain |
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(noun) the creation of artistic drawings; "he learned drawing from his father" |
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Synonyms: drafting, draftsmanship |
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Related Words: art, artistic creation, artistic production, tracing |
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(noun) a work produced by representing forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" |
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Related Words: architectural plan, charcoal, delineation, depiction, diagram, graphic art, limning, line drawing, mechanical drawing, pen-and-ink, plan, rendering, silhouette, silverpoint, sketch, study, trace, tracing |
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(noun) an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book or magazine; "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7" |
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Related Words: art, artwork, graphics, nontextual matter |
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(noun) players buy chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots |
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Synonyms: lottery |
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Related Words: gambling game, game of chance, numbers, numbers game, numbers pool, numbers racket, raffle, sweepstake, sweepstakes, tombola |
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(noun) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling |
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Synonyms: draft, draught |
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Related Words: pull, pulling |
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