I. ˈkrāˌän, -āən also ˈkran or -rān noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, crayon, pencil, diminutive of craie chalk, from Latin creta
1.
a. : a stick of white or colored chalk or clay and graphite used for drawing
b. : a stick of colored wax composition used for drawing and coloring
c. : lithographic crayon
d. : a cosmetic in stick or pencil form used especially for coloring eyebrows
2. : a crayon drawing
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: French crayonner, from crayon
1. : to draw or color with a crayon
crayon a portrait
: cover or decorate with crayon work
a wall crayoned with colorful designs
2. : to sketch out : draw up
a plan carefully crayoned out