Meaning

noun an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

noun a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines

noun the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams

originFrom 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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