updraw
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
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- 6
Definition of updraw
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(rare, transitive)To draw up
“Forthwith the huge portcullis high updrew”
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verb
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(rare, transitive)To draw up
“Forthwith the huge portcullis high updrew”
noun
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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.”
“Wow, you're quick on the updraw!”
“The main risk of this area is the overabstraction of the limited shallow freshwater reserves that will result in the updraw and infiltration of saltwater as well as the salinization, sodification, and alcalinization of soils by excessive irrigation as described above […].”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English updrawen, updrauen, equivalent to up- + draw. Compare Dutch opdragen, German auftragen, Swedish uppdraga.
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