undraw

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un·draw

 (ŭn-drô′)
tr.v. un·drew (-dro͞o′), un·drawn (-drôn′), un·draw·ing, un·draws
To draw to one side, as a curtain.
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undraw

(ʌnˈdrɔː)
vb (tr) , -draws, -drawing, -drew or -drawn
to open (curtains)
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un•draw

(ʌnˈdrɔ)

v. -drew, -drawn, -draw•ing. v.t.
1. to draw open or aside.
v.i.
2. to be drawn open or aside.
[1350–1400]
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undraw


Past participle: undrawn
Gerund: undrawing

Imperative
undraw
undraw
Present
I undraw
you undraw
he/she/it undraws
we undraw
you undraw
they undraw
Preterite
I undrew
you undrew
he/she/it undrew
we undrew
you undrew
they undrew
Present Continuous
I am undrawing
you are undrawing
he/she/it is undrawing
we are undrawing
you are undrawing
they are undrawing
Present Perfect
I have undrawn
you have undrawn
he/she/it has undrawn
we have undrawn
you have undrawn
they have undrawn
Past Continuous
I was undrawing
you were undrawing
he/she/it was undrawing
we were undrawing
you were undrawing
they were undrawing
Past Perfect
I had undrawn
you had undrawn
he/she/it had undrawn
we had undrawn
you had undrawn
they had undrawn
Future
I will undraw
you will undraw
he/she/it will undraw
we will undraw
you will undraw
they will undraw
Future Perfect
I will have undrawn
you will have undrawn
he/she/it will have undrawn
we will have undrawn
you will have undrawn
they will have undrawn
Future Continuous
I will be undrawing
you will be undrawing
he/she/it will be undrawing
we will be undrawing
you will be undrawing
they will be undrawing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been undrawing
you have been undrawing
he/she/it has been undrawing
we have been undrawing
you have been undrawing
they have been undrawing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been undrawing
you will have been undrawing
he/she/it will have been undrawing
we will have been undrawing
you will have been undrawing
they will have been undrawing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been undrawing
you had been undrawing
he/she/it had been undrawing
we had been undrawing
you had been undrawing
they had been undrawing
Conditional
I would undraw
you would undraw
he/she/it would undraw
we would undraw
you would undraw
they would undraw
Past Conditional
I would have undrawn
you would have undrawn
he/she/it would have undrawn
we would have undrawn
you would have undrawn
they would have undrawn
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His last words were still ringing in my ears as I entered my room, and undrew the window-curtains, just in time to see the sun burst in glory from his ocean-prison, and clothe the world in the light of a new day.
The curtain at the bed's head was hastily drawn back, and a motherly old lady, very neatly and precisely dressed, rose as she undrew it, from an arm-chair close by, in which she had been sitting at needle-work.
Feverish with vain labour, I got up and took a turn in the room; undrew the curtain, noted a star or two, shivered with cold, and again crept to bed.
Rogue Riderhood was soon roused, and soon undrew the bolt and let him in.
When I undrew the curtains and looked out of bed, I saw him, in an equable temperature of respectability, unaffected by the east wind of January, and not even breathing frostily, standing my boots right and left in the first dancing position, and blowing specks of dust off my coat as he laid it down like a baby.
Beginning with "I sprang to the stirrup," the poem stirs up a rapid motion that makes it difficult to fix on "I" as a speaker: I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; 'Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; 'Speed' echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.