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Definition: Drawn-out |
Drawn-outAdjective1. Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations". 2. (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "drawn-out" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Synonyms: Drawn-outSynonyms: drawling (adj), extended (adj), lengthy (adj), prolonged (adj), protracted (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Drawn-out |
| English words defined with "drawn-out": extended ♦ lengthy ♦ order Solenichthyes ♦ prolonged, protracted ♦ Solenichthyes. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "drawn-out": tramlines. (references) |
| "Drawn-out" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Drawn-out" is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 46 | 50,285 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "drawn-out": long-drawn-out. | |
Containing "drawn-out": long-drawn-out passage. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "drawn-out"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | udtrukket side (drawn-out limb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitgerekte vleugel (drawn-out limb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | venynyt kylki (drawn-out limb), keskustelu punoutui pitkäksi (the discussion became long drawn-out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | flanc étiré (drawn-out limb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | gezogene Flanke (drawn-out limb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκτεινόμενο σκέλος πτυχής (drawn-out limb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | fianco stirato (drawn-out limb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 長長 (long, very long), 長々 (long, very long). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ながなが (long, very long). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | awn-outdray продолжительный (acatalectic, continual, continuous, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-lasting), длительный (continuous, drawn out, durable, enduring, extended, lasting, lengthy, long, long-continued, long-haul, long-laying, protracted). (various references) sträckt skänkel (drawn-out limb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | prolixae, prolixior, prolixius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Drawn-out" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Drincourt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: outdrawn, untoward. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-n-o-r-t-u-w" | |
-1 letter: outdraw, outward, rotunda. | |
-2 letters: around, onward, outran, outwar, rotund, toward, tundra, undraw, untrod. | |
-3 letters: adorn, adown, daunt, donut, doura, drawn, drown, radon, round, rowan, tardo, trona, wound. | |
-4 letters: aunt, auto, darn, dart, dato, daut, dawn, dawt, doat, dona, dour, down, drat, draw, dunt, dura, durn, duro, nard, nota, nowt, nurd, orad, rand, rant, rato. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-n-o-r-t-u-w" | |
+2 letters: outdrawing, untowardly. | |
+3 letters: groundwater, handwrought, outwardness. | |
+4 letters: groundwaters, untowardness. | |
+5 letters: outwardnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 72 61 77 6E 2D 6F 75 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01110010 01100001 01110111 01101110 00101101 01101111 01110101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D r a w n - o u t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0072 0061 0077 006E 002D 006F 0075 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388467898015818786 |
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