Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To lower (curtains, a portcullis, etc.).

    herabziehen, herunterziehen

    опуска́тьopuskátʹ, опусти́тьopustítʹ, спуска́тьspuskátʹ

  2. (transitive)To reduce (e.g. by withdrawal).

  3. To reduce (e.g. by withdrawal).

    (transitive)To initiate a drawdown (withdrawal of equipment, supplies, etc., potentially to provide it to another party).

  4. (transitive)To acquire or pull in, as funding.

    We need to draw down 10 million dollars.

    einziehen, in Anspruch nehmen, einsammeln

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom drew a line down the middle of the page.

  2. I stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lips were compressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
lower:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
lower:
acquire as funding:

Forms

draws down, drawing down, drew down, drawn down
Base formdraw down · to draw down
3rd person singulardraws down
Present participledrawing down
Past simpledrew down
Past participledrawn down

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydraw down
he, she, itdraws down

Past simpleLesson

all personsdrew down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave drawn down
he, she, ithas drawn down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill draw down

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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