Synonyms for drawing
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : draw-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɔ ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for drawing Other synonyms for the word drawing
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.
- noun illustration
- "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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