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DRAWL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("drawl" is a kind of...):

accent; speech pattern (distinctive manner of oral expression)

Derivation:

drawl (lengthen and slow down or draw out)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lengthen and slow down or draw out

Example:

drawl one's vowels

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "drawl" is one way to...):

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

drawl (a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels)

drawler (someone who speaks with a drawl)

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