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drawing

/ˈdrɔːɪŋ/noun

उच्चारण ड्रॉइंग

चित्र, रेखाचित्र, ड्रॉइंग

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Asked in previous papers

as idiom

SSC CGL Pre 2023SSC CHSL Pre 2021SSC Exams before 2018
noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a picture made with a pencil, pen or crayon rather than paint

    चित्र, रेखाचित्र, ड्रॉइंग

    • The child showed me a drawing of her house.
    • a pencil drawing of the Taj Mahal
    • The children pinned their drawings on the classroom wall.
    + 2 more examples
    • He made a quick drawing of the tree in his notebook.
    • A charcoal drawing of her grandmother hangs in the hall.

    Synonyms sketch picture illustration diagram

  2. 2

    [U]

    the art or skill of making pictures, plans and other images with a pencil or pen

    चित्रकला, आरेखन

    • Radhika is very good at drawing.
    • technical drawing
    • Drawing is part of the art curriculum from Class 1.
    + 2 more examples
    • She has a talent for drawing and painting.
    • Drawing helps students to observe things more carefully.

    Synonyms sketching draughtsmanship

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

a drawing of + sb / sth

A drawing is a picture made with a pencil or pen; use of for the subject.

'Drawing' पेंसिल या कलम से बना चित्र है; विषय के लिए of आता है।

  • Radhika made a drawing of the Red Fort.
  • The book has a drawing of each bird.

good at drawing

As an uncountable noun it means the skill, and takes at after good.

Uncountable noun के रूप में यह कौशल को बताता है, और good के बाद at आता है।

  • He is good at drawing.
  • Drawing is a compulsory subject in the school.

drawing + noun

As a modifier, drawing appears in drawing room, drawing board and drawing pin.

Modifier के रूप में 'drawing' drawing room, drawing board और drawing pin में आता है।

  • The guests sat in the drawing room.
  • Fix the sheet with drawing pins.

draw (verb): draw, drew, drawn

The verb is irregular, so the past is drew and the participle drawn.

Verb अनियमित है, इसलिए past 'drew' और participle 'drawn' हैं।

  • She drew a map of her village.
  • The lines were drawn with a ruler.
+Collocations 4

adjective + drawing

pencillineroughdetailedtechnical

  • The engineer made a technical drawing of the bridge.

verb + drawing

makedoshowframesketch

  • He framed her first drawing.

drawing + noun

roomboardpinbookpaper

  • The architect worked at his drawing board.

drawing + competition / class

competitionclassteacherexam

  • Radhika won the district drawing competition.
“More examples 6
  • The children's drawings were displayed in the corridor.

बच्चों के चित्र गलियारे में प्रदर्शित किए गए।

  • A good drawing needs a steady hand and patience.

अच्छे चित्र के लिए स्थिर हाथ और धैर्य चाहिए।

  • The lucky draw is announced after the drawing of the lots.

लॉट निकाले जाने के बाद lucky draw की घोषणा की जाती है।

  • Our teacher asked us to bring drawing sheets tomorrow.

हमारे शिक्षक ने हमसे कल drawing sheets लाने को कहा।

  • Radhika's drawing of her grandmother won the school prize.

राधिका के दादी के चित्र ने विद्यालय का पुरस्कार जीता।

  • The art teacher praised the neat drawing of the human heart.

कला शिक्षक ने मानव हृदय के साफ़-सुथरे चित्र की प्रशंसा की।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ He is good in drawing.

✓ He is good at drawing.

Good takes at for a skill.

कौशल के लिए 'good' के बाद at आता है।

✗ She drawed a beautiful picture.

✓ She drew a beautiful picture.

Draw is irregular; the past is drew.

'Draw' अनियमित है; past 'drew' होता है।

✗ Drawing is my hobby from childhood.

✓ Drawing has been my hobby since childhood.

Since marks the starting point with a present perfect verb; from is not used here.

Since आरंभ-बिंदु बताता है और present perfect के साथ आता है; यहाँ from का प्रयोग नहीं होता।

Idioms 1

back to the drawing board

used to show that you need to start planning something again because a plan has failed

फिर से शुरुआत से योजना बनाना

  • The design failed the test, so it's back to the drawing board.
◇Word family
draw verbdrawer noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

Do not confuse drawing (a picture made with a pencil) and drawing room (a formal room in a house where guests sit).

Drawing (पेंसिल से बना चित्र) और drawing room (घर का वह कमरा जहाँ मेहमान बैठते हैं) में भ्रम न करें।