Undraw

verb

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Definitions

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

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

  2. 2
    To clear or erase part of a drawing. transitive

    "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."

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Example

More examples

"Will you undraw the curtains, please?"

Etymology

From un- + draw.

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