ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Drew

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /dɹuː/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Drew is a verb meaning simple past of draw.

Meaning

simple past of draw.

More Meanings

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of draw

Example Sentences

Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.
Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include did, gave, withdrew, took, fired, stressed.

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