Meaning

2 senses

  1. (historical, transitive)To execute (someone) by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering.

    четвертова́тьčetvertovátʹ

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To severely punish or criticize someone.

More definitions
  • pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Draw and quarter him!

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
то execute a person:

Forms

draws and quarters, drawing and quartering, drew and quartered, drawn and quartered
Base formdraw and quarter · to draw and quarter
3rd person singulardraws and quarters
Present participledrawing and quartering
Past simpledrew and quartered
Past participledrawn and quartered

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydraw and quarter
he, she, itdraws and quarters

Past simpleLesson

all personsdrew and quartered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave drawn and quartered
he, she, ithas drawn and quartered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill draw and quarter

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to their extremities, so as to execute them:drawquarter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
draughtydrawA1drawbackC1drawbridgedrawerA2drawingA2
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