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- [droo]
- /dru/
- /druː/
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- [droo]
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Definitions of drew word
- verb drew simple past tense of draw. 1
- noun drew an act of drawing. 1
- noun drew something that attracts customers, an audience, etc. 1
- noun drew something that is moved by being drawn, as the movable part of a drawbridge. 1
- noun drew something that is chosen or drawn at random, as a lot or chance. 1
- noun drew drawing (defs 5, 6). 1
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Origin of drew
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English drawen, Old English dragan; cognate with Old Norse draga to draw, German tragen to carry; cf. drag
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Parts of speech for Drew
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
drew popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
drew usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for drew
noun drew
- lured — anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- pulled — of or denoting meat that is cooked until the meat can easily be pulled off the bone, as in pulled pork.
- appealed — Simple past tense and past participle of appeal.
- tied — to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
verb drew
- illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
- copied — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
- depicted — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- represented — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
Antonyms for drew
verb drew
- grew — simple past tense of grow.
- repressed — subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression: repressed emotional conflicts.
- inserted — Botany. (especially of the parts of a flower) attached to or growing out of some part.
- pushed — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- alienated — indifferent, unfriendly, or hostile
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