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downdraw

noun

Etymology

From down- + draw.

  1. inherited from drau
  2. derived from *dʰregʰ-✻ — “to pull, draw”
  3. inherited from *draganą✻ — “to carry; to pull, draw”
  4. inherited from *dragan✻ — “to carry; to haul”
  5. inherited from dragan — “to drag, draw”
  6. inherited from drauen
  7. prefixed as downdraw — “down + draw”

Definitions

  1. A downdraft.

  2. To draw downward or down.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA