Synonyms for drawing

Grammar : Noun

Spell : draw-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɔ ɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for drawing

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Définition of drawing

Origin : c.1300, "a pulling," in various senses, verbal noun from draw (v.). The "picture-making" sense is from 1520s; of the picture itself from 1660s. Drawing board is from 1725; used in figurative expression from mid-20c.

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Example sentences :

"Yes," said the captain, drawing from his pocket a large wallet.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

May she draw a husband, while drawing her water, as Rachel did of old.
Extract from : « A Rill from the Town Pump (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The end of Mr. Gladstone's first ministry was now drawing near.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

"In spite of it and because of it," he said, drawing up a chair near to her.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

I had no means of preserving a specimen, but I took a drawing of one.
Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell

"Out from the shadow then," said the other, drawing his sword.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

As might be expected in a first essay, the drawing is now over-minute, now too loose.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

As soon as he was gone, Kitty jumped up from the drawing table.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

The affair which has given us so much anxiety is drawing to a happy conclusion.
Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen

These were the first pictures that Ben had ever seen, except those of his own drawing.
Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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