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DRAWN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut
Example:
the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug
Classified under:
Similar:
closed (not open or affording passage or access)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
Example:
shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face
Synonyms:
careworn; drawn; haggard; raddled; worn
Classified under:
Similar:
tired (depleted of strength or energy)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past participle of the verb draw
Context examples:
Press forward in the first two weeks of February, and then you can let go, relax, and socialize with the many new people being drawn to you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
They had made short work of the snowshoe rabbit, these dogs that were ill-tamed wolves; and they were now drawn up in an expectant circle.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
In that moment I could have put my arms around her and drawn her to me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He lay upon his back, his knees drawn up, a terrible cut upon his head.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They were tired and weak, and their faces had the drawn expression of patience which comes of hardship long endured.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
No man knows, till he experiences it, what it is to feel his own life-blood drawn away into the veins of the woman he loves.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The picture you have just drawn is suggestive of a rather too overwhelming contrast.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
At two o’clock the raven came driving along, drawn by her four white horses; but even before she reached the spot, she said to herself, sighing, “I know he has fallen asleep.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The window of the room in which they sat was closed, but the blind was not drawn down.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A little harmless flirtation or so will occur, and one is often drawn on to give more encouragement than one wishes to stand by.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
