English Dictionary
◊ DRAWN
drawn
adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her
mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from
sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face";
"shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young
face"- Charles Dickens [syn: {careworn}, {haggard}, {raddled},
{worn}]
2: subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of
his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as
the strings of a bow" [syn: {taut}]
3: represented in a drawing
4: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the
drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"
5: (of vehicles) pulled forward (often used in combination:
"horse-drawn vehicles")
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN DRAIN?
drain
[IBM] Synonym for {flush}. Has a connotation of finality
about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it
off-line.
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