Indrawing

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhalation of breath; an inspiration.

    "But--oh," she added, with a sharp indrawing of her breath, "how I did love him!""

  2. 2
    The drawing inward of anything.

    "Watt saw the little movements of the stuff, the little bulgings and crumplings, and the sudden indrawings, where it was nipped, between forefinger and thumb probably, for those are the nippers."

Synonyms

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affluenceaffluxindraftinflowinfluxinrush

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"But--oh," she added, with a sharp indrawing of her breath, "how I did love him!""

Etymology

From in- + drawing.

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