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wire·draw (-drô′)

transitive verb wiredrew -·drew′, wiredrawn -·drawn′, wiredrawing -·draw′·ing

  1. to draw (metal) into wire
  2. to draw out; spin out; protract; prolong
  3. to make too subtle; strain (a point in argument)

Etymology: back-form. < wire-drawer < wire + drawer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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