Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Haggard, as from fatigue or ill health.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Undecided, from the fact, that neither contestant has the advantage.
- Eviscerated; disemboweled: as, a drawn fowl.
- Melted: as, drawn butter.
- In needlework, gathered or shirred; puckered by threads drawn through the material.
- Freed from all particles of iron and steel by means of magnets: said of brass filings.
- Having the sword drawn.
- Abnormally tall and slender because of too much crowding and too little sunlight and air: said of a plant, particularly a seedling. Badly drawn plants are of little value.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- past participle See
draw , v. t. & i. - past participle butter melter and prepared to be used as a sort of gravy.
- past participle an eviscerated fowl.
- past participle one in which neither party wins; one equally contested.
- past participle one driven from cover.
- past participle ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Past participle of
draw
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- adjective having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut
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Examples
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The only difference between true tapestry and drawn work, an example of which is here given, is, that the one is done on a warp that has not before been woven upon, and the other on a warp from which the weft threads have been _drawn_.
Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery Mary Buckle 1877
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It is a word drawn from the old French fur trade for engagés who served their time and went free.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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It is a word drawn from the old French fur trade for engagés who served their time and went free.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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We should not be ethnocentric, a term drawn from anthropology, which tells us more about the meaning of openness.
THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Allan Bloom 2003
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We should not be ethnocentric, a term drawn from anthropology, which tells us more about the meaning of openness.
THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Allan Bloom 2003
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Mr. Feldman acknowledges these differences — starting with his title drawn from a Frankfurter law clerk 's characterization of the Supreme Court as "nine scorpions in a bottle" — but tries to celebrate all four "great justices" equally, as if their negative estimations of each other were mere personal foibles.
The New Dealers Jeremy Rabkin 2010
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The Japanese call it nemawashi nimah-wash-ee, a word drawn from the practice of bonzai, and which means “preparing to plant.”
The Elegant Solution Matthew E. May 2007
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Competitors include LHPH, a name drawn from the industry term Lease Here Pay Here.
The Seattle Times 2012
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After Vincente and the tech had left, Chase entered, his expression drawn, his ink-black hair still wet from a recent shower.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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After Vincente and the tech had left, Chase entered, his expression drawn, his ink-black hair still wet from a recent shower.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word drawn
"Abnormally tall and slender because of too much crowding and too little sunlight and air: said of a plant, particularly a seedling. Badly drawn plants are of little value."
--Cent. Dict.
November 20, 2012