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drawing

 noun
     
Related topics: Visual, Painting and Drawing
draw‧ing S2 W2
1 [countable]AV a picture that you draw with a pencil, pen etc
drawing of
a drawing of Canterbury Cathedral
2 [uncountable]AV the art or skill of making pictures, plans etc with a pen or pencil:
I've never been very good at drawing.
3 [countable] American English a competition in which people whose names or tickets are chosen by chance win money or prizes [= draw British English]
The church social will include a buffet dinner and a prize drawing.
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