| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Drawl.[Websters] 2. To have hauled or trawled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have pulled, twitched, lingered or entrained. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have drafted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have tugged or plucked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have trailed or lagged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have endured, suffered or sustained.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb drawl.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (drawl) |
1. Lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels".[Wordnet]. 2. To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.[Websters]. 3. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: drawling, drawled, drawls, drawler, drawlers, drawlingly and drawledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Drawled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Drawl.[Websters]
2. To have hauled or trawled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have pulled, twitched, lingered or entrained. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have drafted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have tugged or plucked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have trailed or lagged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have endured, suffered or sustained.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb drawl.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (drawl) | 1. Lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels".[Wordnet]. 2. To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.[Websters]. 3. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: drawling, drawled, drawls, drawler, drawlers, drawlingly and drawledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DRAWLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To utter words in a slow lengthened tone.. | 2: [Verb] To speak with slow utterance.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wikipedic | A drawl is a perceived feature of some varieties of spoken English, and generally infers longer vowel sounds and/or diphthongs. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] a way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. (characteristic of some southern US accents). (references) | 2: [Verb] to speak with a drawl. (references) | |
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