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indrawing

indrawing noun: an inhalation of breath; an inspiration.

Noun

indrawing (plural indrawings)

  1. An inhalation of breath; an inspiration.
    • But--oh," she added, with a sharp indrawing of her breath, "how I did love him!"1910, Myrtle Reed, Master of the Vineyard
    • The words came with a fierce hissing indrawing of the speaker's breath.1906, Fred M. White, The Slave of Silence
  2. The drawing inward of anything.
    • Watt saw the little movements of the stuff, the little bulgings and crumplings, and the sudden indrawings, where it was nipped, between forefinger and thumb probably, for those are the nippers.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Forms of indrawing

pluralindrawings

Origin of indrawing

From in- + drawing.

Questions about indrawing

What does indrawing mean?
Indrawing means an inhalation of breath; an inspiration.
What part of speech is indrawing?
Indrawing is a noun.
What is the plural of indrawing?
The plural of indrawing is indrawings.

Words near indrawing in the dictionary

  1. Indraprastha
  2. indraught
  3. indraughts
  4. indraw
  5. indrawal
  6. indrawing
  7. indrawings
  8. indrawn
  9. indraws
  10. Indre
  11. Indre-et-Loire

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