draw and quarter (English, verb)
expansion: draw and quarter (third-person singular simple present draws and quarters, present participle drawing and quartering, simple past drew and quartered, past participle drawn and quartered)
Senses:
glosses: To execute (someone) by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering.
tags: historical
transitive
glosses: To severely punish or criticize someone.
tags: figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: draws and quarters
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: drawing and quartering
tags: participle
present
form: drew and quartered
tags: past
form: drawn and quartered
tags: participle
past