english
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noun
sketch:
The drawing of my wife was good.
Simple Definitions
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drawing
a picture drawn with a pencil, pen, crayon etc:
• I did a drawing of the front of the house.
sketch
a drawing that is done quickly and has few details:
• When she was traveling, she drew quick sketches of the places she’d seen.
doodle
a shape or pattern that you draw when you are bored or thinking about other things:
• His schoolbooks were always covered in doodles.
graffiiti
drawings or writing that people secretly put on walls or other public places:
• Vandals had covered the station in graffiti.
comic strip
a series of pictures drawn inside boxes that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine:
• Asterix started off in a comic strip.
cartoon
a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine:
• There is a 'New Yorker' cartoon which depicts various inventions for keeping warm.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun ADJ. charcoal, ink, line, pencil a set of charcoal drawings by a local artist | scale a scale drawing of a jumbo jet | engineering, technical, working a working drawing of the proposed power station | life He earned money modelling for life drawing classes. VERB + DRAWING do, make He made a drawing of how the Roman villa must have looked. DRAWING + VERB show sth The drawing shows the Market Square. DRAWING + NOUN board These days, designers spend more time at the computer than at the drawing board. PREP. in a/the ~ The door opened onto a courtyard, as shown in the drawing. | ~ by a pencil drawing by PicassoART
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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drawing
verbs
do/make a drawing
• Sammy was doing a drawing of his sister.
a drawing shows something
• The drawing showed a castle surrounded by woods.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + drawing
a detailed drawing
• He made detailed drawings of animals and flowers.
a line drawing
(= consisting only of lines )
• The front cover had a line drawing of a girl on the beach.
a pencil/ink/charcoal etc drawing
(= done using a pencil, ink etc )
• I like to do a few pencil drawings when I go away anywhere.
a scale drawing
(= showing the correct relative sizes of things )
• The architect made a scale drawing of the new room.
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