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fine-drawn

[fahyn-drawn]
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adjective
  1. drawn out to extreme fineness or thinness.
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Origin of fine-drawn

First recorded in 1830–40

fine-draw

[fahyn-draw]
verb (used with object), fine-drew, fine-drawn, fine-draw·ing.
  1. Sewing. to sew together so finely that the joining is not noticeable.
  2. to draw out to extreme fineness, tenuity, or subtlety.
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Origin of fine-draw

First recorded in 1725–35
Related formsfine-draw·er, noun
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Examples from the Web for fine-drawn

Historical Examples

  • There it is again—a fine-drawn, shrill, piercing cry as of some animal in trouble.

    Diamond Dyke

    George Manville Fenn

  • These fine-drawn speculations, however, are a sheer waste of breath.

    Number Seventeen

    Louis Tracy

  • Something like this I have heard, but it seems too fine-drawn a conclusion.

    Beast and Man in India

    John Lockwood Kipling

  • I, who am not so fine-drawn, had found the last hour a little trying.

    The Sixth Sense

    Stephen McKenna

  • There could be no better audience for the fine-drawn arguments which such a controversy demands.

    The Makers of Modern Rome

    Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

British Dictionary definitions for fine-drawn

fine-drawn

adjective
  1. (of arguments, distinctions, etc) precise or subtle
  2. (of wire) drawn out until very fine; attenuated
  3. (of features) delicate or refined
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fine-draw

verb -draws, -drawing, -drew or -drawn (tr)
  1. to sew together so finely that the join is scarcely noticeable
  2. to carry out the last drawing-out operation on (wire, tube, etc) to reduce its diameter
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