drawn
- 1Past participle of draw. Use this form after have, has, or had.
She has drawn three portraits this week.
The curtains had been drawn before the movie started.
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- 2Looking very tired and unwell, often because of stress, worry, or illness.
Like a plant left without water: looking weak, faded, and worn out.
Her face looked drawn after weeks of caring for her sick mother.
He arrived pale and drawn from the long overnight shift.
Similarhaggard, gaunt, pinched, worn, strained
Oppositehealthy, rested, fresh
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- 3Pulled, moved, or taken out in the way shown by the word in front, such as horse-drawn.
The pump delivered freshly drawn water to the trough.
Tourists rode through the old town in a horse-drawn carriage.
Similarpulled
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- 5Used up or emptied, with little or nothing left.
Like a battery that has run down until almost no power is left.
The old well stood drawn and dry by the end of August.
By March the grain store was drawn almost to nothing.
Similardepleted, drained, exhausted
Oppositefull, replenished
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drawn is a form of draw
draw, verb: To make a picture or lines on paper using a pencil, pen, crayon, or chalk. Full entry
- Spelling
- draw → drawn: irregular (no -ed)
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Origin
This is a form of the verb "draw" with the ending "-n" added.