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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Drew, John Drewnoun

    United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

ChatGPT

  1. drew

    "Drew" is the past tense of "draw," which primarily means to produce a picture or a diagram as a representation using a pencil, pen, or other writing tool. It can also refer to pulling or dragging something, like when you "draw" curtains back. Additionally, "draw" can describe obtaining or deriving something from a particular source, such as to "draw" a conclusion. "Drew" is also commonly used as a male given name. The context usually determines the particular meaning of "drew."

Webster Dictionary

  1. Drew

    of Draw

  2. Drew

    of Draw

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Drew

    drōō—did draw—pa.t. of Draw.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. drew

    A name in our northern isles for the Fucus loreus, a narrow thong-shaped sea-weed.

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  2. DREW

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DREW

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Drew is ranked #1513 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Drew surname appeared 23,722 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 8 would have the surname Drew.

    75.9% or 18,010 total occurrences were White.
    17.8% or 4,237 total occurrences were Black.
    2.6% or 626 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.2% or 529 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 164 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.6% or 157 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Drew' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2188

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Drew' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4640

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Drew in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Drew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Drew in a Sentence

  1. Luis Andres Bermudez:

    His only movement was his hand so he drew and painted a lot, and he loves sushi -- especially eel sushi.

  2. Eli Manning:

    It wasn't my Dad. He was trying to take the heat off of me, he knew I was going to get criticized, after that, the Chargers turned it around, they got Shawne Merriman, then Drew Brees started playing great, then Philip (Rivers) started playing great, they went to AFC Championship games, they're making playoffs and turned things around.

  3. Adémar de Chabannes:

    As Rollo's death drew near, he went mad and had a hundred Christian prisoners beheaded in front of him in honour of the gods whom he had worshipped, and in the end distributed a hundred pounds of gold around the churches in honour of the true God in whose name he had accepted baptism.

  4. Emily Manor-Chapman:

    Watching Luke Skywalker trying to figure out his path, I really drew parallels as a high school student, it helped me to figure out the mark I wanted to make.

  5. Brett Polivka:

    A couple officers drew their guns, went right at him and within two or three seconds we heard a gunshot.

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