verb
Meaning 1
To draw aside or away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, rare, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bedraw
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈdɹɔː/
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General-American: /bɪˈdɹɔ/
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cot-caught-merger: /bɪˈdɹɑ/
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rhymes with -ɔː
verb
Meaning 2
To draw away; seduce; deceive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, rare, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English bedrawen, from Old English bedragan (“to draw aside, seduce”), from Proto-West Germanic *bidragan, equivalent to be- + draw. Cognate with Scots bedraw, bydraw (“to draw aside, supersede”), Dutch bedragen (“to total, amount to”), German betragen (“to amount to”).