undraw en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + draw.
Meanings
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(transitive) 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.
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(transitive) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| undraws | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| undrawn | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| undrew | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| undrawing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Antonyms
draw (antonym(s) of “draw aside”) · draw (antonym(s) of “erase drawing”)
Hyponyms
Synonyms
draw (draw aside)