Synonyms for re-drew
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : draw |
| Phonetic Transcription : drÉ” |
Top 10 synonyms for re-drew Other synonyms for the word re-drew
Définition of re-drew
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
- He caricatured himself and re-drew the delicate lines of his soul with crude pencil.
- Extract from : « Paul Verlaine » by Stefan Zweig
- Mr. Henry Inman, who was then beginning to paint, re-drew some of the views.
- Extract from : « Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
- Kagohami of the Minnetarees came, and with a coal on a robe made a sketch of the Missouri that Clark re-drew.
- Extract from : « The Conquest » by Eva Emery Dye
Antonyms for re-drew
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