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English-Thai Dictionary

drawing

N รูปวาด ภาพวาด การ วาดรูป depicting sketching rub-wad

drawing

N สลาก ล็อตเตอรี่ การจับสลาก sa-lak

drawingroom

N ห้องรับแขก

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAWING

ppr. Pulling; hauling; attracting; delineating.

DRAWING

n. 1. The act of pulling, hauling, or attracting.
2. The act of representing the appearance or figures of objects on a plain surface, by means of lines and shades, as with a pencil, crayon, pen, compasses, etc. ; delineation.

DRAWING-MASTER

n.One who teaches the art of drawing.

DRAWING-ROOM

n. 1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room in which distinguished personages hold levees, or private persons receive parties. It is written by Coxe, withdrawing-room, a room to which company withdraws from the dining-room.
2. The company assembled in a drawing-room.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DRAWING

DRAWING Draw "ing, n.

1. The act of pulling, or attracting.

2. The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc. ; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.

3. The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.

4. (Textile Manuf.)

Defn: The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning.

5. The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.

Note: Drawing is used adjectively or as the first part of compounds in the sense of pertaining to drawing, for drawing (in the sense of pulling, and of pictorial representation ); as, drawing master or drawing-master, drawing knife or drawing-knife, drawing machine, drawing board, drawing paper, drawing pen, drawing pencil, etc. A drawing of tea, a small portion of tea for steeping. -- Drawing knife. See in the Vocabulary. -- Drawing paper (Fine Arts ), a thick, sized paper for draughtsman and for water-color painting. -- Drawing slate, a soft, slaty substance used in crayon drawing; -- called also black chalk, or drawing chalk. -- Free-hand drawing, a style of drawing made without the use of guiding or measuring instruments, as distinguished from mechanical or geometrical drawing; also, a drawing thus executed.

DRAWING KNIFE; DRAWKNIFE

DRAWING KNIFE; DRAWKNIFE Draw "ing knife ", Draw "knife `, n.

1. A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.

2. (Carp. )

Defn: A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.

DRAWING-ROOM

Draw "ing-room `, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. withdraw-ing-room.]

1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room. He [Johnson ] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer. Macaulay. Drawing-room car. See Palace car, under Car.

New American Oxford Dictionary

drawing

draw ing |ˈdrô -iNG ˈdrɔːɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint, esp. one drawn in monochrome: a series of charcoal drawings on white paper. • the art or skill or making such pictures or diagrams: she took lessons in drawing. 2 the selection of a winner or winners in a lottery or raffle: entrants need not be present at the drawing.

drawing board

draw ing board |ˈdroɪŋ ˌbɔ (ə )rd | ▶noun a large flat board on which paper may be spread for artists or designers to work on. PHRASES back to the drawing board used to indicate that an idea, scheme, or proposal has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised: the government must go back to the drawing board and review the whole issue of youth training. on the drawing board (of an idea, scheme, or proposal ) under consideration and not yet ready to put into practice: there are plans to enlarge the runway, but at present all this remains on the drawing board.

drawing card

draw ing card |ˈdrô -iNG ˈdrɔɪŋ kɑrd |(Brit. drawcard |ˈdrôˌkärd |) ▶noun informal a quality or feature that evokes interest or liking; an attraction: rookie fireball flingers are the prime drawing cards of spring baseball.

drawing pin

draw ing pin |ˈdroɪŋ ˌpɪn | ▶noun British term for thumbtack.

drawing room

draw ing room |ˈdroɪŋ ˌrum | ▶noun a room in a large private house in which guests can be received and entertained. • a private compartment in a train, typically one that accommodates two or three people. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] consciously refined, lighthearted, and elegant: drawing-room small talk. • (of a song or play ) characterized by a polite observance of social proprieties: a stock figure of Thirties drawing-room comedy. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting a private room attached to a more public one ): abbreviation of 16th -cent. withdrawing-room ‘a room to withdraw to. ’

Oxford Dictionary

drawing

draw |ing |ˈdrɔː (r )ɪŋ | ▶noun a picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint: a series of charcoal drawings on white paper. • [ mass noun ] the art or activity of making drawings: she took lessons in drawing.

drawing board

draw |ing board ▶noun a large flat board on which paper may be spread for artists or designers to work on. PHRASES back to the drawing board used to indicate that an idea, scheme, or proposal has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised: the government must go back to the drawing board and review the whole issue of youth training. on the drawing board (of an idea, scheme, or proposal ) under consideration and not yet ready to put into practice: there are plans to enlarge the runway, but at present all this remains on the drawing board.

drawing card

draw ing card |ˈdrô -iNG ˈdrɔɪŋ kɑrd |(Brit. drawcard |ˈdrôˌkärd |) ▶noun informal a quality or feature that evokes interest or liking; an attraction: rookie fireball flingers are the prime drawing cards of spring baseball.

drawing pin

draw |ing pin ▶noun Brit. a short flat-headed pin, used for fastening paper to a wall or other surface.

drawing room

draw |ing room ▶noun a room in a large private house in which guests can be received and entertained. • [ as modifier ] (of a song or play ) characterized by a polite observance of social proprieties: a stock figure of Thirties drawing-room comedy. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting a private room attached to a more public one ): abbreviation of 16th -cent. withdrawing-room ‘a room to withdraw to ’.

American Oxford Thesaurus

drawing

drawing noun 1 a series of charcoal drawings on white paper: sketch, picture, illustration, representation, portrayal, delineation, depiction, composition, study; diagram, outline, design, plan. 2 she won the Christmas drawing: raffle, lottery, sweepstake, sweep, ballot, lotto. WORD LINKS graphic relating to drawing Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

Oxford Thesaurus

drawing

drawing noun he did a pencil drawing of the house: sketch, picture, illustration, representation, portrayal, delineation, depiction, composition, study, diagram, outline, design, plan; tracing. WORD LINKS drawing graphic relating to drawing Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

Duden Dictionary

Drawing-Room

Draw ing-Room, Dra w ing room Substantiv, maskulin , der Drawingroom |ˈdrɔːɪŋruːm ˈdrɔːɪŋruːm |der Drawing-Room; Genitiv: des Drawing-Rooms, Plural: die Drawing-Rooms der Drawingroom; Genitiv: des Drawingrooms, Plural: die Drawingrooms englisch ; »Zimmer, in das man sich zurückzieht «englische Bezeichnung für: Empfangs- und Gesellschaftszimmer

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

drawing

draw ing /drɔ́ːɪŋ /→draw 名詞複～s /-z /1 C (線で描いた )絵 , デッサン, 線画〘鉛筆ペンなどを使用; →painting 〙▸ do a pencil drawing of oneself 鉛筆で自画像をスケッチする ▸ make a rough drawing 下絵を描く 2 U (線で )絵を描くこと ; 製図 ▸ You have no talent for drawing .君には絵の才能がない .3 U 引くこと; (金銭の )引き出し ; (手形の )振り出し .4 U C くじ引き, 抽選 (会 ).out of dr á wing 不正確に描かれて .～́ b ò ard 画板 ; 製図板 ▸ go back to the drawing board (失敗して )最初からやり直す ▸ on the drawing board (s )立案中で～́ c à rd ｟米｠客を呼べるもの, 人気の俳優 [選手, 番組, 出し物, 興業 ].～́ p à per 画用紙 ; 製図用紙 .～́ p ì n ｟英｠画鋲（がびよう） (｟米｠thumbtack ).～́ p ò wer ｟米｠(人物の )人を引き付ける力 ; (演技者イベントなどの )集客力 (｟英｠pulling power ).～́ r ò om 1 ｟やや古｠(特に大邸宅の )客間 ; リビングルーム〘居間と応接間を兼ねる〙.2 ｟英｠(宮廷の )公式接見会 .3 ｟米｠(寝台車の2, 3人用 )特別個室 .4 製図室 .