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to redraw

to redraw

8 3.5
To draw something again to make it better or more correct
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈdrɔː/
translation icon : redibujar
  • I am going to redraw it as a smaller object, perhaps slightly, with slightly less of a bulbous end.
  • redraw the plan
  • redraw the map
  • redraw the boundaries

Some of the most fundamental citizenship rights continue to be negotiated and redrawn along gendered lines with real impact on real people.

Examples

  • It's very convenient to redraw pictures like this.

  • OK, well, let me just redraw those lines one second.

  • I suddenly wanted to redraw it, to help in some way, any way.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • "With one foot, he began to redraw the floor plan.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • So it might be helpful to kind of redraw, you know, our truth statement again one more time.

  • So I'm just going to redraw my skeleton.

  • Don't attempt to deal with detail at first because you'll probably have to redraw your plan many times.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Thus, their efforts are devoted to modifying or redrawing the original design.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Instead of disappearing from Washington's map, Latin Americans are helping to redraw it.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The artist decided to redraw the original sketch to make it more detailed.

Synonyms

to redo
vsto redraw
47 2.1

Do something again to fix mistakes or make it better

focuses specifically on repeating a visual depiction to update or fix it
to rework
vsto redraw
30 4.0

To change something again to make it better

involves repeating a visual creation specifically rather than broader alteration work
to replot
vsto redraw
  • Specialized
6.0

Draw a new graph of data after corrections

is used for repeating any picture or illustration rather than only graphs

How Reworked

to redesign
56 3.7
to rework
30 4.0
to redraw
8 3.5
to touch up
8 3.8

Surface Forms

redraw infinitive
redrawing present participle
redraws third person singular
redrew past
redrawn past participle

Morphology

redraw = draw (transparent) = re + draw

The meaning is a straightforward instance of 'draw again' formed with the productive prefix 're-'.

Etymology

Redraw is made from re- meaning 'again' and draw meaning 'to make a picture or sketch', so a helpful way to remember it is to think of an artist making the picture again. So, to redraw something is to 'draw again' to improve or correct it.