drawing
/ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.58 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Proverb: An official is great in his office as a well is rich in drawings of water."
- "[…] the tea-kettle was presently steaming like an engine, and an extra large "drawing of tea" was steeping on the hearth."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɹɑ.ɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/