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# drawl

verb (drawl, drawls, drawled, drawling); noun (a drawl)

«drawl» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To speak slowly, stretching out the vowel sounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/#m1)
2. A slow way of speaking with long vowel sounds, often typical of a region, like a Southern drawl in the USA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/#m2)
3. A drawl can also mean a long, slow, lazy growl made by an animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, «drawled» is used as a speech verb to show a lazy, relaxed, bored or cocky way of talking; in talk about accents, a drawl belongs to some regions; phrases: «a Southern drawl», «a lazy drawl», «he drawled».

### Examples

- «Well, howdy, folks,» the cowboy drawled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/#x1)
- She spoke with a slow Texas drawl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/#x2)
- «I'm sooo bored,» drawled my sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/#x3)
- His Australian drawl made everyone smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/#x4)
- The cat yawned, and the boy drawled, «Time for bed.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/#x5)
- You can hear a drawl when people stretch their words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/#x6)
- After a long time there came back the drawling, sleepy snarl of a full-fed tiger just wakened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: drawled. Do not confuse with «draw» or «drool». In writing, it is a good alternative to «said» when someone talks slowly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drawl» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawl/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drawl» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drawl.html) on Mova free.