Meaning of DRAWN
| Pronunciation: | | dron
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- [adj] having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"
- [adj] represented in a drawing
- [adj] subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
- [adj] showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens
- [adj] (of vehicles) pulled forward (often used in combination; "horse-drawn vehicles")
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| | Synonyms: | | careworn, closed, delineate, delineated, haggard, raddled, represented, taut, tense, tired, worn |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Drawn\, p. p. & a.
See {Draw}, v. t. & i.
{Drawn butter}, butter melter and prepared to be used as a
sort of gravy.
{Drawn fowl}, an eviscerated fowl.
{Drawn game} or {battle}, one in which neither party wins;
one equally contested.
{Drawn fox}, one driven from cover. --Shak.
{Drawn work}, ornamental work made by drawing out threads
from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a
pattern.
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| | Related Terms: | | alike, at par, au pair, careworn, commensurate, dragged out, drawn out, elongated, equal, equalized, even, even stephen, exhausted, extended, fatigued, fifty-fifty, haggard, half-and-half, hollow-eyed, knotted, lengthened, level, like, nip and tuck, on a footing, on a level, on a par, on even ground, par, pinched, prolongated, prolonged, proportionate, protracted, pulled, quits, ravaged, spun out, square, stalemated, straggling, strained, stretched, stretched out, strung out, taut, tense, tied, tight, tired, tired-eyed, tired-faced, tired-looking, wan, weary-looking, worn, worn out |
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