drew

See also: Drew

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dro͞o, IPA^(key): /dɹuː/, /dɹuʊ̯/

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• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

drew

1. simple past of draw
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[1]:

     Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.

   • 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157:

     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.

2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of draw

Related terms

• drawn

Anagrams

• DEWR

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɛf/
• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Syllabification: drew

Noun

drew

1. genitive plural of drwa