Drawing Meaning
/ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbpresent participle and gerund of draw
nounA picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
Sentence Examples
Your birthday is drawing near.
I'm busy because the finals are drawing on.
The idea evolved from a drawing I discovered in the attic.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist finished a detailed charcoal ____ of the old bridge.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Your birthday is ____ near.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2012 March 26, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:
"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."
— 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 50:
"[…] the tea-kettle was presently steaming like an engine, and an extra large "drawing of tea" was steeping on the hearth."
— 1853, Alice Cary, Clovernook:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist finished a detailed charcoal ____ of the old bridge.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Your birthday is ____ near.