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Definition of drawing
1 : an act or instance of drawing; especially : the process of deciding something by drawing lots
2 : the art or technique of representing an object or outlining a figure, plan, or sketch by means of lines
3 : something drawn or subject to drawing: such asa : an amount drawn from a fundb : a representation formed by drawing : sketch
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Examples of drawing in a Sentence
She made a drawing of my house.
with an economy of lines, he created a vivid drawing of the tree
Recent Examples of drawing from the Web
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After years of back-and-forth dialogue over drawings with developers, the Buffalo Grove Village Board approved plans late last year to build a Woodman's Food Market on the site.
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Children must use the entry forms available from the library or at www.nkcpl.org for their drawings.
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Green’s name was picked in a December drawing along with 368 others from 40 states and 30 countries.
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The Spirit of the Fourth prize drawing will be held when the race concludes, around 2 p.m.
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The show, which is free, includes both original full-scale preliminary drawings and digital copies of fragile, smaller studies.
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Guests also enjoyed silent and live auctions, opportunity drawings and a hat-and-derby contest, all at the Pickwick Gardens and Banquet Center in the Rancho Equestrian District of Burbank.
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The ratings were similarly sleepy, with Kelly’s third outing for NBC drawing just 3.5 million viewers—her Sunday night show’s worst ratings since its debut, trailing a re-run of 60 Minutes by nearly 2 million.
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This solo collection now proves her strength as a storyteller in her own right and that, of course, the drawing is central to that process.
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First Known Use of drawing
14th century
DRAWING Defined for English Language Learners
drawing
playDefinition of drawing for English Language Learners
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: a picture, image, etc., that is made by making lines on a surface with a pencil, pen, marker, chalk, etc., but usually not with paint
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: the act or art of making a picture, image, etc., with a pencil, pen, marker, chalk, etc., but usually not with paint
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: an act of choosing something (such as a winning ticket) from a group without knowing which one you are choosing
DRAWING Defined for Kids
drawing
playDefinition of drawing for Students
1 : a picture created by making lines on a surface
2 : the act or art of creating a picture, plan, or sketch by making lines on a surface
3 : an act or instance of picking something at random Who won the drawing?
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