drew
verb
simple past tense of draw.
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- past tense form of draw.
drew
1 American
[droo]
/ dru /
verb
Drew
2
American
[droo]
/ dru /
noun
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Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
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Daniel, 1797–1879, U.S. financier and capitalist.
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John, 1827–62, U.S. actor, born in Ireland.
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his son, John, 1853–1927, U.S. actor.
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a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “trusty.”
drew
British
/ druː /
verb
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“The looting drew attention to a segment of the population—specifically young people from certain neighborhoods, some of whom are from immigrant backgrounds,” said Zulfikarpasic, the pollster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
In a Monday note, Barclays analyst Ajay Rajadhyaksha drew a direct parallel to the March 2023 regional-banking panic, when the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank triggered fears of an all-out recession.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
That contest drew national attention, but Brown beat Whitman by nearly 13 percentage points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Mamdani's video announcement also quickly drew more than 10 million views on social media.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Now with a child on each knee and ten more crowded close, he drew from another pocket his heavy cross-shaped winding key, each of the four ends shaped for a different size clock.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The Heisman Trophy has all but slipped from his grasp, and his hold on the No. 1 spot in the NFL draft is facing threats from, among others, upstart Oklahoma State quarterback Drew Mestemaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Long before he became a top NFL draft prospect, Drew Mestemaker was a kid sitting in his childhood home, emailing colleges across the country to ask for a quarterback tryout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“You’ll either be terrified and run for the hills or you’ll see the beauty in all of it,” Kelly shared on “The Drew Barrymore Show” in November 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Momentum kind of shifted on us when we couldn’t really get that PP going,” captain Drew Doughty said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
I’d borrowed the car I was driving from Drew, so I told Mother something had come up unexpectedly, that Drew needed his car in Salt Lake.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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