What does drew mean?
Drew means simple past of draw.
Drew
/dɹuː/ · verb
Meaning
simple past of draw.
Definitions by Sense
- simple past of draw
- (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.
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Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.
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