drawing
verbEtymology
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.
Definitions
present participle and gerund of draw
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.
The act of producing such a picture.
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Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
The process of drawing or pulling something.
- Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water.
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.
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.
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.
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