undraw

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verb

To draw aside or open; to pull back a layer of fabric, e.g. a curtain.

“She undrew the curtain to reveal the shining rays of the sun.”

Similar
draw
Opposite
draw
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Meanings

verbundraw (third-person singular simple present undraws, present participle undrawing, simple past undrew, past participle undrawn)

present singular third person undraws · participle present undrawing · past undrew · participle past undrawn

  1. transitiveTo draw aside or open; to pull back a layer of fabric, e.g. a curtain.

    She undrew the curtain to reveal the shining rays of the sun.

    Synonyms: draw

  2. transitiveTo clear or erase part of a drawing.

    It is easy to highlight graphics on a monochrome system. The simplest way is to set the GC to the GXxor logical function and draw your graphics once to draw them and again to undraw them.

    1992, Adrian Nye, XLIB Programming Manual, Rel. 5, page 205

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo draw aside or open; to pull back a layer of fabric, e.g. a curtain.

Similar
draw

antonym(s) of “draw aside”

Opposite
draw

Origin

From un- + draw.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

durwan
Cite this entry
APA

undraw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undraw

MLA

“undraw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undraw. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undraw,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undraw.

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