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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

undraw en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + draw.

Meanings

  1. (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.
  2. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

unplot

Synonyms

draw (draw aside)