knew

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nyo͞o, IPA^(key): /ˈnjuː/

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• (US, Canada) enPR: n(y)o͞o, IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)u/

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• (Wales, Canada) IPA^(key): /nɪu̯/
• Homophone: new
• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

knew

1. simple past of know
2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of know
   • 1916, Emerson Hough, The Man Next Door‎^[1], chapter XXIV:

     I'll say I've knew this some time and tried to stop it—it was my business to stop it.

   • 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Covici Friede:

     […] I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor and a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.'

   • 1999, Steve Lopez, The Sunday Macaroni Club‎^[2], Plume, →ISBN, page 242:

     Oh, I figured you would've knew. That's where I met Ham and he got me in the DA's office. That was years ago."

Anagrams

• Wenk, Wnek

Middle English

Noun

knew

1. Alternative form of kne

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuː/

Verb

knew

1. simple past of knouth
   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 9:

     Zien, "a blaak vall, a blaak vall, Ich meigh vella knew,

     Saying "a black fall, a black fall——I might well have known,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129