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indrawings

indrawings is the plural of indrawing.

Meaning of indrawing

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
  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

Questions about indrawings

What is indrawings the plural of?
Indrawings is the plural of indrawing.

Words near indrawings in the dictionary

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

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