the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin |
act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source | drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation |
players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body |
the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines | a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions |
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper | (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase |
| the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) |
| (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation |