Definitions for Lewis

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Lewis lew·is

Spelling: [loo-is]

IPA: /ˈlu ɪs/

Lewis is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in Lewis (eilsw).

Definitions for Lewis

noun

1. a device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone.
2. Carl (Frederick Carlton Lewis) born 1961, U.S. track and field athlete.
3. C(ecil) Day, 1904–72, British poet: poet laureate after 1968.
4. C(live) S(taples) [stey-puh lz] /ˈsteɪ pəlz/ (Show IPA), ("Clive Hamilton") 1898–1963, English novelist and essayist.
5. Edward, 1918–2004, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize 1995.
6. Gilbert Newton, 1875–1946, U.S. chemist.
7. (Harry) Sinclair, 1885–1951, U.S. novelist, playwright, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1930.
8. Henry, 1932–96, U.S. orchestral conductor.
9. Isaac Newton, 1858–1931, U.S. soldier and inventor.
10. Jerry Lee, born 1935, U.S. country-and-western and rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
11. John (Aaron) 1920–2001, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and musical director.
12. John L(lewellyn) 1880–1969, U.S. labor leader.
13. Matthew Gregory ("Monk Lewis") 1775–1809, English novelist, dramatist, and poet.
14. Meriwether [mer-i-weth-er] /ˈmɛr ɪˌwɛð ər/ (Show IPA), 1774–1809, U.S. explorer: leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–06.
15. (Percy) Wyndham [win-duh m] /ˈwɪn dəm/ (Show IPA), 1884–1957, English novelist, essayist, and painter; born in the U.S.
16. R(ichard) W(arrington) B(aldwin) 1917–2002, U.S. biographer, literary critic, and scholar.
17. a male given name.

Origin of Lewis

First recorded in 1730-40; perhaps after the surname of the inventor

Examples for Lewis

His wound had not yet healed, but he was less exhausted than lewis.

When lewis was shipped off to Vietnam, his son was just three months old, and the timing of the assignment worried lewis.

All that evening there seemed a spell upon the lewis family.

I caught him by the collar, too; and had to drag him in very much in the way I had done with lewis.

Now for a minute the gruel was forgotten, and Mrs. lewis looked at Kitty in amazement.

"Crooked as a dog's hind legs," snarled lewis, biting viciously at his cigar.

The award surprised lewis, but it also struck the right note.

When they thought about lewis, what struck the players most was that he never acted like a do-gooder.

In Vietnam, lewis was advisor to a Vietnamese infantry unit, whose nickname for him was “Captain of Many Kilos.”

I learned of lewis because the players kept bringing up his name in the interviews I did with them.