undraw
undraw verb: to draw aside or open; to pull back a layer of fabric, e.g. a curtain.
Verb
undraw (third-person singular simple present undraws, present participle undrawing, simple past undrew, past participle undrawn)
- To draw aside or open; to pull back a layer of fabric, e.g. a curtain.
- She undrew the curtain to reveal the shining rays of the sun.
- Synonyms:
- draw
- To clear or erase part of a drawing.
- It is easy to highlight graphics on a monochrome system. The simplest way is to set the GC to the GXxor logical function and draw your graphics once to draw them and again to undraw them.1992, Adrian Nye, XLIB Programming Manual, Rel. 5, page 205
Synonyms of undraw
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Forms of undraw
| third-person singular present | undraws |
|---|---|
| present participle | undrawing |
| past | undrew |
| past participle | undrawn |
Origin of undraw
From un- + draw.
Questions about undraw
- What does undraw mean?
- Undraw means to draw aside or open; to pull back a layer of fabric, e.g. a curtain.
- What part of speech is undraw?
- Undraw is a verb.
- What is the past tense of undraw?
- The past tense of undraw is undrew.
Words near undraw in the dictionary
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