Drawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draw |
Drawing (n.) The act of pulling, or attracting. |
Drawing (n.) The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades |
Drawing (n.) The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies. |
Drawing (n.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning. |
Drawing (n.) The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery. |
Drawing knife (n.) Alt. of Drawknife |
Drawing-room (n.) A room appropriated for the reception of company |
Drawing-room (n.) The company assembled in such a room |
Figure (n.) The form of anything |
Figure (n.) The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc. |
Figure (n.) A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article |
Figure (n.) A diagram or drawing |
Figure (n.) The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person |
Figure (n.) Distinguished appearance |
Figure (n.) A character or symbol representing a number |
Figure (n.) Value, as expressed in numbers |
Figure (n.) A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative. |
Figure (n.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world |
Figure (n.) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. |
Figure (n.) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer. |
Figure (n.) A horoscope |
Figure (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. |
Figure (n.) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage |
Figure (n.) To represent by a figure, as to form or mold |
Figure (n.) To embellish with design |
Figure (n.) To indicate by numerals |
Figure (n.) To represent by a metaphor |
Figure (n.) To prefigure |
Figure (n.) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. |
Figure (n.) To embellish. |
Figure (v. t.) To make a figure |
Figure (v. t.) To calculate |
Life (n.) The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death |
Life (n.) Of human beings: The union of the soul and body |
Life (n.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions |
Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions |
Life (n.) A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc. |
Life (n.) Animation |
Life (n.) That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor |
Life (n.) The living or actual form, person, thing, or state |
Life (n.) A person |
Life (n.) The system of animal nature |
Life (n.) An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood. |
Life (n.) A history of the acts and events of a life |
Life (n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers |
Life (n.) Something dear to one as one's existence |
Life-giving (a.) Giving life or spirit |
Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. |
Life-saving (a.) That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning |
life | living things collectively, the oceans are teeming with life |
plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
draft draught drawing | the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling |
casting lots drawing lots sortition | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn |
career life history | the general progression of your working or professional life, the general had had a distinguished career, he had a long career in the law |
drawing drawing off | act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source, the drawing of water from the well |
way path way of life | a course of conduct, the path of virtue, we went our separate ways, our paths in life led us apart, genius usually follows a revolutionary path |
nightlife night life | the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.), a futile search for intelligent nightlife, in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs |
figure skating | ice skating where the skates trace outlines of selected figures |
sporting life | active interest in gambling on sports events |
lottery drawing | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots |
nightlife night life | the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion |
figure | a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating, she made the best score on compulsory figures |
figure eight | a skating figure that carves an in the ice |
walk of life walk | careers in general, it happens in all walks of life |
business life professional life | a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities |
drafting mechanical drawing | the craft of drawing blueprints |
extravagance prodigality lavishness highlife high life | excessive spending |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR cardiac resuscitation mouth-to-mouth resuscitation kiss of life | an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing, attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen |
sexual love lovemaking making love love love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
reproduction procreation breeding facts of life | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring |
life class | an art class using a live human model |
drawing draftsmanship drafting | the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams, he learned drawing from his father |
cutaway cutaway drawing cutaway model | a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts |
delineation depiction limning line drawing | a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects |
design pattern figure | a decorative or artistic work, the coach had a design on the doors |
draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
drafting board drawing board | a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings |
drafting table drawing table | a worktable with adjustable top |
drawing | a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines, drawings of abstract forms, he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures |
drawing card loss leader leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
drawing chalk | colored chalks used by artists |
drawing room withdrawing room | a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained |
drawing room | a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet |
drawstring drawing string string | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening, he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag |
figure | a model of a bodily form (especially of a person), he made a figure of Santa Claus |
figure eight figure of eight | a knot having the shape of the numeral , tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose |
figure loom figured-fabric loom | a loom for weaving figured fabrics |
figure skate | an ice skate worn for figure skating, has a slightly curved blade and a row of jagged points at the front of the blade |
Jaws of Life | hydraulic tool inserted into a wrecked vehicle and used to pry the wreckage apart in order to provide access to people trapped inside |
lay figure | dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body |
life buoy lifesaver life belt life ring | a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material |
life jacket life vest cork jacket | life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design |
life mask | a cast taken from the face of a living person |
life office | life assurance office |
life preserver preserver flotation device | rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning |
life raft Carling float | a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency |
life-support system life support | medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive, the patient is on life support |
life-support system life support | equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions, the astronauts relied on their life-support systems |
mechanical drawing | scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc, |