drawing

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
  2. noun a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
  3. noun the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams

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.

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