noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act of drawing up; an upward draw, pull, or attraction

   "The porch mood is the condition from which there is an updraw or a downdraw."

Verb

1. 1
   To draw up rare, transitive

   "Forthwith the huge portcullis high updrew"

Example

More examples

"Forthwith the huge portcullis high updrew"

Etymology

From Middle English updrawen, updrauen, equivalent to up- + draw. Compare Dutch opdragen, German auftragen, Swedish uppdraga.

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