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drawing
has definitions from the fields of games,fine art
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[ noun ] an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book or magazine
Examples "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7" Used in print (Jay Williams, The Forger....)Among us , we three handled quite a few small commissions , from spot drawings for advertising_agencies uptown to magazine work and quick lettering jobs . |
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[ noun ] (fine art) a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
Examples "drawings of abstract forms" "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" Used in print (Jay Williams, The Forger....)George did wonderful complicated pen-and-ink drawings like something out of a medieval miniature : hundreds of delicate details crammed into an eight by ten sheet and looking as if they had been done under a jeweler's_glass . |
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[ noun ] (fine art) the creation of artistic drawings
Synonyms Examples "he learned drawing from his father" Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Painters left less and less of a vase in a plain dark color ; instead they divided the surface into many bands or covered it by all-over patterns into which freehand drawing began to creep . Related terms |
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[ noun ] act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
Synonyms Examples : "the drawing of water from the well" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (games) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots
Synonyms Related terms game_of_chance numbers_pool raffle sweepstake tombola lucky_dip draw |
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