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TOPIK 6verb

드리우다

deuriuda

드리워요 · 드리웠어요 · 드리울 거예요 · 드리우세요

to hang down, to let down (a curtain); to cast (a shadow)

Example

오래된 나무가 길 위에 긴 그림자를 드리웠어요.

The old tree cast a long shadow over the road.

Word parts

Built from an old verb 드리다 'to let hang' (as in 발을 드리다) plus causative -우-.