wiredrawn
wiredrawn is the past participle of wiredraw.
Meaning of wiredraw
Verb
wiredraw (third-person singular simple present wiredraws, present participle wiredrawing, simple past wiredrew, past participle wiredrawn)
- To stretch (some physical thing) out, as though drawing wire; to elongate.
- To stretch (words, a meaning etc.) to suit one's own purpose.
- I am of opinion that the uncontrouled libertie, that all men have to wrest, dissipate, and wyredraw a word so religious and important, to so many severall idiomes, hath much more danger than profit following it., I.56
Adjective
wiredrawn (comparative more wiredrawn, superlative most wiredrawn)
- Tenuous; excessively refined; strained or forced.
- ‘I very much doubt whether they’ll be able to make this pot-walloping mugwump of an Abbot understand their wire-drawn deductions,’ said Silvander Dan.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43
Forms of wiredrawn
| comparative | more wiredrawn |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wiredrawn |
Questions about wiredrawn
- What does wiredrawn mean?
- Wiredrawn means tenuous; excessively refined; strained or forced.
- What is wiredrawn the past participle of?
- Wiredrawn is the past participle of wiredraw.
- What part of speech is wiredrawn?
- Wiredrawn is an adjective.
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