INDEX:
1. to draw a picture, pattern, line etc
2. something that you draw
RELATED WORDS
see also
↑ PAINT
↑ PICTURE
↑ DESIGN
↑ ART/CULTURE
↑ PATTERN
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1. to draw a picture, pattern, line etc
▷ draw /drɔː/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to make a picture, pattern, line etc using a pen or pencil :
▪ What are you drawing?
▪ She can draw really well.
▪ I’m good at drawing animals, but I can’t draw people.
draw a picture of somebody/something
▪ Mike was sitting outside, drawing a picture of the trees at the bottom of the garden.
draw a line/circle/square etc
▪ Someone had drawn a line under my name.
▷ sketch /sketʃ/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to make a quick, simple drawing of a person, place etc, without many details :
▪ Maggie grabbed a piece of paper and quickly sketched the bird before it flew away.
▪ He sat by the river, sketching.
▷ doodle /ˈduːdl/ [intransitive verb]
to draw shapes, lines, or patterns without really thinking about what you are doing, for example when you are thinking about something else or when you feel bored :
▪ I always doodle while I’m talking on the phone.
doodle on
▪ Simon was lying on the floor, doodling on a sheet of paper.
▷ scribble /ˈskrɪb ə l/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to quickly draw lines and shapes without making any particular pattern, shape, or picture - use this especially about what small children do before they have learnt to draw or write :
▪ Katie can’t draw a real picture yet but she enjoys scribbling with crayons.
scribble all over/on something
▪ Oh no! One of the kids has scribbled all over my report!
scribble [countable noun]
▷ trace /treɪs/ [transitive verb]
to copy a picture by putting transparent paper over it and then drawing along the lines of the picture :
▪ The children traced the map of France and then wrote in the names of the places they had visited.
2. something that you draw
▷ drawing /ˈdrɔːɪŋ/ [countable noun]
a picture that you draw with a pen or pencil :
▪ Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings show an immensely inventive and inquiring mind.
do a drawing of something
▪ I did a drawing of the church.
▷ sketch /sketʃ/ [countable noun]
a quick, simple drawing that does not show many details :
sketch of
▪ She opened her folder and took out a sketch of her mother.
do/draw a sketch
▪ Phil drew a sketch to show us what the new school would look like.
rough sketch
a sketch that is not very exact or detailed
▪ I’ve done a rough sketch of how to get to the church.
▷ doodle /ˈduːdl/ [countable noun usually plural]
a drawing of shapes, lines, or patterns that you do when you are thinking about something else or when you are bored :
▪ By the end of the lecture the back of my book was covered in little doodles.
▷ scribble /ˈskrɪb ə l/ [countable noun usually plural]
a drawing of lines, shapes etc that look untidy and have no particular pattern, shape, or picture - use this especially about what small children do before they can draw or write properly :
▪ How am I going to get all these scribbles off the wallpaper?