drawing

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of draw

Noun

• A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
• The act of producing such a picture.
• Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
• The process of drawing or pulling something.
• 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.
• A small portion of tea for steeping.

Origin

• From Middle English drauinge, drawinge, alteration of earlier drawende, drawand, from Old English dragende, from Proto-Germanic *dragandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *draganą, equivalent to draw + -ing.
• From Middle English drauing, drawing, equivalent to draw + -ing.