bedraw
bedraw · bedraws · bedrew · bedrawn · bedrawing
To draw aside or awayTo draw aside or away.
UK/bɪˈdɹɔː/US/bɪˈdɹɔ/
Meaning
2 senses(dialectal, rare, transitive)To draw aside or away.
(dialectal, rare, transitive)To draw away; seduce; deceive.
Origin
From Middle English bedrawen, from Old English bedragan (“to draw aside, seduce”), from PrFrom Middle English bedrawen, from Old English bedragan (“to draw aside, seduce”), from Proto-West Germanic *bidragan, equivalent to be- + draw. Cognate with Scots bedraw, bydraw (“to draw aside, supersede”), Dutch bedragen (“to total, amount to”), German betragen (“to amount to”).
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Forms
bedraws, bedrawing, bedrew, bedrawnLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle