redraw

See also: red raw

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ draw.

Verb

redraw (third-person singular simple present redraws, present participle redrawing, simple past redrew, past participle redrawn)

  1. To draw again.
    The treaty proposed to redraw the border lines between the nations.
    • 2025 September 19, Patrick Svitek, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement, “Most Americans critical of Trump on crime, economy and other issues, poll finds”, in The Washington Post[1], archived from the original on 21 September 2025:
      The party that holds the White House historically struggles in midterm elections, and Republicans are defending an especially narrow majority in the House. Those challenges have led Trump to pressure red states across the country to redraw their congressional district boundaries to give his party more of an advantage — a demand that has touched off a national partisan battle over redistricting.

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Noun

redraw (plural redraws)

  1. (computing, graphical user interface) An update to the screen display.
    Redraws need to be synchronised with the screen refresh to avoid a flickery display.
  2. An act of drawing (selecting at random) again.
    • 2019 July 20, Brian Smith, “POV Players Spoilers (7/20/2019)”, in alt.tv.big-brother[2] (Usenet):
      Jack didn't like who was picked so he used his power to force a redraw. Remember that his power means ALL chips go back into the bag.

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