ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Drawn

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /dɹɔːn/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Drawn is a verb meaning past participle of draw.

Meaning

past participle of draw.

More Meanings

  1. Depleted.
  2. (of a game) Undecided; having no definite winner and loser; at a draw.
  3. (in combination) Pulled, towed, or extracted in the specified fashion.

Example Sentences

tractor-drawn implement
The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.

Synonyms for drawn

Depending on context, synonyms include tied, delineate, taut, haggard, raddled, tense.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include haggard, careworn, tired, raddled, worn, taut.

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