Advanced Vocabulary - To Draw, or to Make a Mark or Pattern

To Draw, or to Make a Mark or Pattern

draw verb

to be able to make pictures in this way.

mark verb

if something marks, its appearance becomes spoiled or damaged by a mark made on its surface.

outline verb

to draw a line around the edge of something.

imprint verb

to leave a mark on a surface by pressing an object onto it.

print verb

to create a mark on a surface by pressing something into it.

circle verb

to draw a circle around something.

ring verb

to draw a circle around something, especially to show that you have chosen it or to make it easy to notice.

construct verb

maths to draw a shape in geometry.

delineate verb

formal to show a line or border, for example on a map.

carve verb

to produce a pattern or writing on the surface of something by cutting it.

outline verb

to clearly show the outside edge of something.

streak verb

to leave lines or long marks on something.

engrave verb

to cut words or pictures into a hard surface such as stone, metal, or glass.

mark out

to show the shape of something by drawing it on a surface.

criss-cross verb

to form a pattern of straight lines that cross one another.

pattern verb

to make a pattern on something, for example cloth.

stipple verb

to make a pattern of small marks on a surface.

impress verb

formal to make a mark or pattern on something by pressing an object into its surface.

circumscribe verb

formal to draw a line around something.

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