drawing

verb
/ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/UK/ˈdɹoː.ɹɪŋ//ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/US

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.

  1. derived from *draganą — “to draw; pull
  2. inherited from *dragandz — “drawing
  3. inherited from dragende
  4. inherited from drauinge

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of draw

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

    • While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.
  3. The act of producing such a picture.

  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.

    2. The process of drawing or pulling something.

      • Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.
    3. An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance…

      An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.

    4. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at drawing. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at drawing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at drawing

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA