drawing

A2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/ UK /ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #3057

Meanings

1

noun
A picture made with a pen, pencil, or crayon.

She pinned her daughter's drawing to the fridge.
2

noun
The art or activity of making pictures with lines.

He is very good at drawing and painting.

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Synonyms

2 noun · the art or activity of... sketching

Word family

Forms drawings

Derived forms droodleindrawingmicrodrawingsubdrawingtoothdrawingunderdrawing

Related forms draftdrafterdraftsman drawerdrawnworksketch

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Phrases (1)

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cutaway drawing
a drawing that removes part of an object's exterior to show what is inside

Adjective + noun

Idioms (1)

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back to the drawing board
to start planning or designing again after an idea or attempt has failed

Etymology

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.

drauinge Middle English dragende Old English *dragandz Proto-Germanic *draganą Proto-Germanic

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# drawing

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 3057

## Meanings
1. A picture made with a pen, pencil, or crayon.
2. The art or activity of making pictures with lines.

## Examples
- She pinned her daughter's drawing to the fridge.
- He is very good at drawing and painting.

## Derived Forms
- droodle
- indrawing
- microdrawing
- subdrawing
- toothdrawing
- underdrawing

## Related Forms
- draft
- drafter
- draftsman
- drawer
- drawnwork
- sketch

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: drauinge
- Root: dragende
- Root: *dragandz
- Root: *draganą

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Drawing comes 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. In current use, the main senses are “A picture made with a pen, pencil, or crayon” and “The art or activity of making pictures with lines”.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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