drew
What is the Definition of drew?
Noun:
- United States actor (born in Ireland)
- 1827-1862
Verb:
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- take liquid out of a container or well
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- remove (a commodity)
- a supply source
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- cause to flow
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person)
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take in, also metaphorically
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- contract
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod)
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
How can I use drew in a sentence?
He bent down over the fireplace; they could not see what he was doing but when he drew back a second later, there was a roaring fire there.
As the match drew nearer, however, Harry became more and more nervous, whatever he told Ron and Hermione.
As seven o'clock drew nearer, Harry left the castle and set off in the dusk toward the Quidditch field.
Harry had suddenly gone into a spectacular dive, which drew gasps and cheers from the crowd.
Now, you listen here, boy, he snarled, I accept there is something strange about you, probably nothing a good beating would not have cured — and as for all this about your parents, well, they were weirdoes, no denying it, and the world's better off without them in my opinion — asked for all they got, getting mixed up with these wizarding types — just what I expected, always knew they'd come to a sticky end — But at that moment, Hagrid leapt from the sofa and drew a battered pink umbrella from inside his coat.
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