verb (used with object), wire·drew, wire·drawn, wire·draw·ing. 1.to draw (metal) out into wire, especially by pulling forcibly through a series of holes of gradually decreasing diameter in a succession of dies.
2.to draw out to great length, in quantity or time; stretch out to excess.
3.to strain unwarrantably, as in meaning.
Origin: 1590–1600; back formation from
wiredrawer; see
wire,
drawer Related forms