deep-draw

American  

[deep-draw] / ˈdipˈdrɔ /

verb (used with object)

Metalworking.

deep-drew, deep-drawn, deep-drawing

1. to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by pulling strip or sheet metal between suitably formed and spaced dies.

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Etymology

Origin of deep-draw

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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deep-drawing deep-drawn

To Tenedos they come, And the deep-drawing barks do there disgorge Their warlike fraughtage.

From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker

To Tenedos they come, And the deep-drawing barks do there disgorge Their war-like fraughtage.

From Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare

It is nothing--it is nothing," answered Edith, with a deep-drawn breath; "it will be past in a moment, Sir Edward.

From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

I had it in perfection that night, and flooding my maligned lungs with a deep-drawn breath of Nature's exquisite attar, I moved away.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Edwin Carlile Litsey

Then our host, with a deep-drawn sigh, spoke slowly and sadly.

From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by A. F. Mockler Ferryman

I now see clearly it was this, which the root with its deep-drawn sigh was saying to me; in its sorrow it forgot itself, and told me all.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle

A gleam of joy passed over Lawrence's face, and he drew himself up erect with a deep-drawn breath of relief.

From Success and How He Won It by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner