redraw
/ɹidɹˈɔ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The treaty proposed to redraw the border lines between the nations."
- "The party that holds the White House historically struggles in midterm elections, and Republicans are defending an especially narrow majority in the House. Those challenges have led Trump to pressure red states across the country to redraw their congressional district boundaries to give his party more of an advantage — a demand that has touched off a national partisan battle over redistricting."
- "Redraws need to be synchronised with the screen refresh to avoid a flickery display."
- "Jack didn't like who was picked so he used his power to force a redraw. Remember that his power means ALL chips go back into the bag."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *draganą Proto-West Germanic *dragan Old English dragan Middle English drawen English draw English redraw From re- + draw.