drawn

[drawn]

verb

1. past participle of draw.

adjective

1. tense; haggard.

2. eviscerated, as a fowl.

3. Glassmaking.

   1. of or relating to the stem of a drinking glass that has been formed by stretching from a small mass of molten metal left at the base of the bowl of the vessel.

   2. of or relating to glass that is drawn over a series of rollers as it comes from the furnace.

drawn

/ drɔːn /

adjective

1. haggard, tired, or tense in appearance

Other Word Forms

• well-drawn adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of drawn¹

First recorded in 1150–1200, for the adjective

Example Sentences

Voters are increasingly drawn to politicians who promise free tuition, universal housing or guaranteed income—programs that mirror the convenience culture we’ve grown up in.

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The decrepit lampposts cast a faint light onto Autumn’s face, which is drawn tight as she catches her breath.

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For example, a picture of a person in a barrel might be drawn as if one were outside the barrel looking in, or inside the barrel looking out.

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Alexander had drawn a map of the nursery, tinted with watercolors and oriented according to the compass, with all the furniture drawn to scale, down to the last footstool.

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From behind his back he produced the picture he had drawn earlier, which had been carefully rolled up and concealed in Alexander’s spyglass case until the right moment came to present it.

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