drawn

CEFRB1

/dɹɔːn/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Looking tired, thin, or strained.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Depleted., Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.

Examples

  • Insofar as possible, our examples will be drawn from English.

  • The government has drawn up guidelines for schools during the pandemic.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.

  2. Undecided; having no definite winner and loser; at a draw.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. past participle of draw

More examples

In context

  • The picture has been drawn well as yet.

  • tractor-drawn implement

  • The lean, drawn starvelings in their dream-stupefied state were jealous of my well filled out, prosperous form.

Synonyms

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After hours of work, her face looked tired and blank with worry.

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Origin

adjective

Morphologically draw + -n.