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 |
switch
switching
shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another, his switch on abortion cost him the election |
shift
shifting | the act of moving from one place to another, his constant shifting disrupted the class |
| 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 |
lottery
drawing | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots |
| drafting mechanical drawing | the craft of drawing blueprints |
drawing draftsmanship
drafting | the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams, he learned drawing from his father |
airplane propeller
airscrew
prop | a propeller that rotates to push against air |
chemise
sack shift | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist |
chemise shimmy
shift slip
teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
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 |
double-prop
double-propeller plane
twin-prop
twin-propeller-plane | a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability) |
| 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 |
| mechanical drawing | scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc, |
| prop | a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling |
property
prop | any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie, before every scene he ran down his checklist of props |
schematic
schematic drawing | diagram of an electrical or mechanical system |
shift key
shift | the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lowerase letters to upperase letters |
| shift register | (computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right |
single prop
single-propeller plane | a propeller plane with a single propeller |
standard transmission
stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
thumbtack
drawing pin
pushpin | a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board |
| wash wash drawing | a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other |
| drawing power | the capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters) |
| drawing | an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper, it is shown by the drawing in Fig. |
transformation
transmutation
shift | a qualitative change |
| population shift | a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population |
shift
displacement | an event in which something is displaced without rotation |
| shift | a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time |
day shift
day watch | workers who work during the day (as a.m. to p.m.) |
| evening shift | workers who work during the evening (as p.m. to midnight) |
night shift
graveyard shift | workers who work during the night (as midnight to a.m.) |
fault
faulting
geological fault
shift
fracture
break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other, they built it right over a geological fault, he studied the faulting of the earth's crust |
drawing card
draw
attraction
attractor
attracter | an entertainer who attracts large audiences, he was the biggest drawing card they had |
Doppler effect
Doppler shift | change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other |
red shift
redshift | (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum), generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding |
| prop root | a root that grows from and supports the stem above the ground in plants such as mangroves |
special drawing rights
paper gold | reserve assets in the International Monetary Fund, designed to supplement reserves of gold and convertible currencies used to maintain stability in the foreign exchange market |
| drawing paper | paper that is specially prepared for use in drafting |
India ink
drawing ink | a black liquid ink used for printing or writing or drawing |