Antonyms for redraw

Grammar : Verb

Spell : draw

Phonetic Transcription : drɔ

Definition of redraw

Origin : c.1200, spelling alteration of Old English dragan "to drag, to draw, protract" (class VI strong verb; past tense drog, past participle dragen), from Proto-Germanic *draganan "carry" (cf. Old Norse draga "to draw," Old Saxon dragan, Old Frisian draga, Middle Dutch draghen, Old High German tragen, German tragen "to carry, bear"), from PIE root *dhragh- (see drag (v.)).
Sense of "make a line or figure" (by "drawing" a pencil across paper) is c.1200. Meaning "pull out a weapon" is c.1200. To draw a criminal (drag him from a horse to place of execution) is from early 14c. To draw a blank "come up with nothing" (1825) is an image from lotteries. As a noun, from 1660s; colloquial sense of "anything that can draw a crowd" is from 1881 (the verb in this sense is 1580s).

As in revise : verb correct, edit
As in rework : verb redo

Example sentences :

If they take your stuff they send you back to alter it or redraw it.
Extract from : « The Dark Star » by Robert W. Chambers

The teacher of history may redraw almost every day the map of Europe.
Extract from : « Our Schools in War Time—and After » by Arthur Davis Dean

She told Miss Wardell about it the day she had to stay after school to redraw her map.
Extract from : « The Cinder Pond » by Carroll Watson Rankin

And it is not the business of anyone in Great Britain to redraw them.
Extract from : « What is Coming? » by H. G. Wells

Why don't you cross out that Ford car there and redraw it up where it was?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

I do believe Seton drew his pictures with those simple, expressive outlines so that young folks could redraw them.
Extract from : « The Adventures of a Grain of Dust » by Hallam Hawksworth

Yet out of these contingencies will emerge the strong hands that will redraw the trade map of the world.
Extract from : « The War After the War » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson

They watched him carelessly draw and redraw his handkerchief through his fingers; he was unmoved, and entirely at ease.
Extract from : « Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 » by Various

Will you redraw the line then, Dr. Shaw, and initial it, indicating the more accurate angle?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Synonyms for redraw

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