Drawing Off (Noun)
Meaning
Act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The city's main source of water is obtained through the drawing off of the nearby lake.
- The engineer designed a system for the drawing off of electricity from the new solar panels.
- The villagers were careful with the drawing off of oil from the small well.
- The artist created a sculpture depicting the act of drawing off water from the ancient river.
- The team's task was to oversee the drawing off of natural gas from the recently discovered field.