undraw

[ uhn-draw ]

verb (used with object)

, un·drew, un·drawn, un·draw·ing.

1. to draw open or aside:

   to undraw a curtain.

verb (used without object)

, un·drew, un·drawn, un·draw·ing.

1. to be drawn open or aside.

Word History and Origins

Origin of undraw¹

1350–1400; Middle English undrawen to withdraw; un- ², draw

Example Sentences

“I can’t undraw the cartoon. I think people have just misinterpreted. Maybe there’s a different understanding of cartooning in Australia to America … It was a cartoon based on her tantrum on the day and that’s all it was.”

From The Guardian

They then put me into a chair, the blinds of which I could not undraw, and carried me rapidly to another house, where I remained for some time, till Villequier and the rest again appeared.

From Project Gutenberg

At the door of the strong room they paused; and one, producing a key, proceeded to apply it to the lock, and to undraw the heavy bolts and bars.

From Project Gutenberg

Undraw, un-draw′, v.t. to draw aside.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

‘Undraw the curtains, my dear girl,’ said Eugene, after a while, ‘and let us see our wedding-day.’

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