Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. Past tense of draw.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Preterit of draw.
Wiktionary
- v. irregular simple past of draw
GNU Webster's 1913
- of draw.
WordNet 3.0
- n. United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
Examples
“Amanda Rose (@amanda) - Founder, @twestival drew olanoff (@drew) - #BlameDrewsCancer”
“Bush himself said the economy was destroyed as his term drew to an end.”
“The word drew my gaze to his chest, then his neck.”
“The term drew to a close, and most of the boys in my form-room ticked off the days on lists, in which the Sundays were written in red ink to show that they did not really count.”
“As his term drew towards its close there was a move to show him some substantial token of regard.”
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825
“As the term drew to its close, with the Fifteen filled up and all the big matches over, interest was centred mainly in House football and”
“As December passed by, and the term drew to a close, Patty's impatience began almost to get the better of her.”
“A few days later the term drew to an end, and both dons and undergraduates, whose tempers had been wearing a little thin, got suddenly more genial, like guests when a visit draws to a close, and disposed to think rather better of each other.”
“But in a wide-ranging interview as his term drew to a close, he repeatedly aimed his artillery in an unexpected direction: toward his own party.”
“Adele acknowledged Wilson when she sang "Someone Like You" in St. Paul last month; when the mention of his name drew a hearty applause, she promised to tell him.”
Lists
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Imprecise Units of Measurement
A list of terms for units of measurement that are less than exact, such as dessert-spoonful.
two shakes, dessert-spoonful, a pinch, a bit, some, smidge, smidgin, dollop, drop, fleck, smack, sprinkling and 187 more...
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Stray Dray
draw, drawn, drawing, drawning, drawful, drawless, drawling, drawsome, draw in, draw out, withdraw, drew and 50 more...
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funny names
funny names
gertrude, vernon, clarence, stanley, edwick, edwick the dead cow, bert, sebastian, yngwie, cliff, gary, barbara and 59 more...
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Words from books I've read
These are some words I didn't know when I read and now I want to know!
Scribble, Newfangled, swift, swathe, budget, obstreperous, trickle, rank, covetous, scratch, hunch, dodge and 179 more...
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Czech_Hedgehog's Words
calyx, necrotic, aposematic, floccinauccinihil..., solitude, metanoia, katana, mediocre, trafalgar, eosinophil, deviant, the and 47 more...
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left-handed
words that are typed only with my left hand
ward, stew, war, tar, star, stewardess, steward, daft, art, dart, wart, fart and 46 more...
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Eye Of The Tiger
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evacuating, absolutely, basilisk, genius, vecalized, realized, modestly, delighted, diadem, still, naturally, trotted and 42 more...
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hernesheir A drop. Scots. May 16, 2011