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Pronunciation

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  • (Indic)IPA(key): /ɖrɔ.ɪŋɡ/,[ɖrɔːʔɪŋɡ],[ɖrɔːwɪŋɡ],[ɖrɔːjɪŋɡ],[ɖrɔːɻɪŋɡ];/ɖrɔjŋɡ/,(cot–caught merger)/ɖrɑ-/,[ɖräː-]

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishdrauinge,drawinge, alteration of earlierdrawende,drawand, fromOld Englishdragende, fromProto-Germanic*dragandz(“drawing”), present participle ofProto-Germanic*draganą(“to draw; pull”), equivalent todraw +‎-ing.

Verb

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drawing

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  1. presentparticiple andgerund ofdraw

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishdrauing,drawing, equivalent todraw +‎-ing.

Noun

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drawing (countable anduncountable,pluraldrawings)

  1. Apicture,likeness,diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
    • 2012 March,Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, inAmerican Scientist‎[1], volume100, number 2, archived fromthe original on19 February 2013, page106:
      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.
    • 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, inRAIL, number934, page50:
      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 anddrawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.
  2. (uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
  3. Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
  4. The process of drawing or pulling something.
    Proverb:An official is great in his office as a well is rich indrawings of water.
  5. An act or event in which theoutcome (e.g., designating awinner) is selected bychance in the form of a blind draw, notably oflots; especially such acontest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from acontainer, popularly ahat.
  6. A small portion oftea forsteeping.
    • 1853, Alice Cary,Clovernook:
      […] the tea-kettle was presently steaming like an engine, and an extra large "drawing of tea" was steeping on the hearth.
Alternative forms
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  • dwg(abbreviation)
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Translations
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picture, likeness, diagram or representation
act of producing a picture
graphic art form
action where the outcome is selected by chance using a draw
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