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Drawing

of Draw

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Broader term 6

Art 76% connected

The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the endi…

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Drain 76% connected

To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

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Graphics 76% connected

The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Pulling 76% connected

of Pull

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Charcoal 76% connected

Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It…

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Delineation 76% connected

The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face…

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Depiction 76% connected

A painting or depicting; a representation.

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Derivation 76% connected

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

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Diagram 76% connected

A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

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Doodle 76% connected

A trifler; a simple fellow.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Limning 76% connected

of Limn

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Numbers 76% connected

pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.

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Plan 76% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Pyrography 76% connected

A process of printing, ornamenting, or carving, by burning with heated instruments.

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Raffle 76% connected

A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dic…

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Rendering 76% connected

of Render

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Scrabble 76% connected

To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.

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Scribble 76% connected

To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

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Silhouette 76% connected

A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

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Sketch 76% connected

An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a repres…

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Sweepstakes 76% connected

A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.

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Trace 76% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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tracing 76% connected

of Trace

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Draw 74% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Draw 74% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Line 74% connected

Flax; linen.

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Line 74% connected

Flax; linen.

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Pull 74% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Pull 74% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Synonym 4

Draft 92% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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Drafting 92% connected

of Draft

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Draught 92% connected

The act of drawing or pulling

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Lottery 92% connected

A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes,…

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