drawing

Noun

• the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

• act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
  • the drawing of water from the well
    

• players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots

• the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams
  • he learned drawing from his father
    

• a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
  • drawings of abstract forms
    
  • he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures
    

• an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
  • it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  draft , draught , drawing off , lottery , draftsmanship , drafting