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used

verb
/juːzd/UK/juzd/US

Etymology

From Middle English used, equivalent to use + -ed.

  1. inherited from used

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of use

    • You used me! You never loved me at all!
    • In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.

  2. In used to.

  3. That is or has or have been used.

    • The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

      • He bought a used car.

The neighborhood

Derived

getting used to, get used, ill-used, oft-used, old time used to be, postally used, used bookstore, usedness, used-to-be, used up

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for used. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA