updraw
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act of drawing up; an upward draw, pull, or attraction
Example Sentences
- "Forthwith the huge portcullis high updrew"
- "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 […]."
Etymology
From Middle English updrawen, updrauen, equivalent to up- + draw. Compare Dutch opdragen, German auftragen, Swedish uppdraga.