redraw

verb

re·​draw (ˌ)rē-ˈdrȯ 

redrew (ˌ)rē-ˈdrü  ; redrawn (ˌ)rē-ˈdrȯn  ; redrawing; redraws

1

transitive : to draw (something) again

redraw a map/plan

Wars redrew the boundaries of the nation.

2

a

transitive : to project an image on (a display screen) again

The refresh rate is measured in Hertz, which translates to the number of times the screen is redrawn in one second.

—Jackie Fox

b

intransitive : to become refreshed (see refresh sense 5)

—used of a display screen or the visual information it presents

… the number of times the screen redraws per second will adjust based on the needs of the app—moment-to-moment.

—Lance Ulanoff

redraw

ˈrē-ˌdrȯ 

noun

plural redraws

Screen redraws never lagged or stuttered, and the hardware seemed well-equipped to handle the OS's requirements.

—Jon Phillips

Examples of redraw in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The mappers worked as a group to redraw seven metro Detroit districts after the judges found that the current lines that run through the city were drawn primarily based on race. —Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024

In the Milligan case, for example, Justice Brett Kavanaugh relied on Purcell to argue that Alabama could not be ordered to redraw its maps more than nine months before a general election. —Ian Millhiser, Vox, 14 May 2024

Before the new map was unveiled this week, Republicans had fretted that Albany’s ruling Democrats might aggressively redraw district lines. —Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2024

Acting as an imperial power, Russia now seeks to redraw borders by force and to divide the world, once again, into blocs and spheres of influence. —Olaf Scholz, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1