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Synonyms for redraw


Grammar : Verb
Spell : draw
Phonetic Transcription : drɔ

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Définition of redraw

Origin :
  • c.1200, spelling alteration of Old English dragan "to drag, to draw, protract" (class VI strong verb; past tense drog, past participle dragen), from Proto-Germanic *draganan "carry" (cf. Old Norse draga "to draw," Old Saxon dragan, Old Frisian draga, Middle Dutch draghen, Old High German tragen, German tragen "to carry, bear"), from PIE root *dhragh- (see drag (v.)).
  • Sense of "make a line or figure" (by "drawing" a pencil across paper) is c.1200. Meaning "pull out a weapon" is c.1200. To draw a criminal (drag him from a horse to place of execution) is from early 14c. To draw a blank "come up with nothing" (1825) is an image from lotteries. As a noun, from 1660s; colloquial sense of "anything that can draw a crowd" is from 1881 (the verb in this sense is 1580s).
  • As in revise : verb correct, edit
  • As in rework : verb redo
Example sentences :
  • If they take your stuff they send you back to alter it or redraw it.
  • Extract from : « The Dark Star » by Robert W. Chambers
  • The teacher of history may redraw almost every day the map of Europe.
  • Extract from : « Our Schools in War Time—and After » by Arthur Davis Dean
  • She told Miss Wardell about it the day she had to stay after school to redraw her map.
  • Extract from : « The Cinder Pond » by Carroll Watson Rankin
  • And it is not the business of anyone in Great Britain to redraw them.
  • Extract from : « What is Coming? » by H. G. Wells
  • Why don't you cross out that Ford car there and redraw it up where it was?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • I do believe Seton drew his pictures with those simple, expressive outlines so that young folks could redraw them.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of a Grain of Dust » by Hallam Hawksworth
  • Yet out of these contingencies will emerge the strong hands that will redraw the trade map of the world.
  • Extract from : « The War After the War » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
  • They watched him carelessly draw and redraw his handkerchief through his fingers; he was unmoved, and entirely at ease.
  • Extract from : « Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 » by Various
  • Will you redraw the line then, Dr. Shaw, and initial it, indicating the more accurate angle?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Antonyms for redraw

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