drawing

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   the drawing of water from the well

2. 2
   noun

   the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams

   They learned drawing from their parent.

3. 3
   noun

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

   drawings of abstract forms

4. 4
   noun

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

   it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7

5. 5
   noun

   A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.

   Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

6. 6
   noun

   The process of drawing or pulling something.

   Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.

7. 7
   noun

   A small portion of tea for steeping.

   […] the tea-kettle was presently steaming like an engine, and an extra large "drawing of tea" was steeping on the hearth.

8. 8
   noun

   the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

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.