the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Painting and drawing, Art history, Visual art.
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the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
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the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Painting and drawing, Art history, Visual art.the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art or technique of painting with watercolors
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Painting and drawing, Visual art.the art or technique of painting with watercolors
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Painting and drawing, Visual art.the art or technique of painting with watercolors
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Painting and drawing, Visual art.the art or technique of painting with watercolors
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Painting and drawing, Visual art.the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass pr…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.creating figures or designs in three dimensions
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of making and decorating pottery
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of transferring designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.carving or engraving (especially on stones)
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.
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gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride's father’
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.Artistic pursuits; artistic ability.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a simi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.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 als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: creation, artistic, pictures, diagrams, learned.
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