Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not new; secondhand: a used car.
- adj. Accustomed; habituated: getting used to the cold weather; was used to driving a small car.
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of use.
- adj. That is or has or have been used.
- adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
- adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. employed in accomplishing something
- adj. of persons; taken advantage of
- adj. previously used or owned by another
Examples
“You know it has been used by thousands -- by millions -- and has strewed the land with desolation, and peopled hell with its victims; and you cannot but acknowledge that you would at once cease to make the liquor, did you not _hope it would continue to be used_.”
“The instrument used in this case, (the regular flogging stick having been _used up_ by previous service,) was the commander's cane -- _a heavy knotted club_.”
“It struck Betty, who was used to taking social events easily, that there was no pleasuring at all in the old village, though people were always saying how gay and delightful it _used_ to be and how many guests”
“Although, to be used offensively, guns should be in strong masses, in order to strike a decisive blow on some single point; this is by no means the case when _used defensively_; for,”
A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry
“I made this furniture polish, used it before our house guests arrived, and it worked BETTER than the lemon pledge I _used_ to use.”
“The same Dutch word inspired the term used to describe early Mediterranean merchant ships.”
“As detailed in Chapter 9, the Black Church the term used to refer to all historically African American congregations and denominations has a long and distinctive history in the United States.”
“If you're a fan of the show, you've probably heard the term used on Twitter and Facebook.”
“The term used to be reserved only for children with really incapacitating difficulties in language, social relationships, behaviors, and usually low IQ.”
The Huffington Post: Allen Frances: The Autism Controversy Revisited
“Most recently, an Islamist preacher crashed into a university musical concert in a Nile Delta province of Mansoura, saying music was forbidden by Islam and that he wanted to "promote virtue and prevent vice" - the term used for the mission of Saudi Arabia's religious police.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘used’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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TECH - metals and alloys
toughness, furnace, vibration, bronze, modulus, tubing, flow, zinc, melting, porta, embrittle, wetting and 262 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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sort of sexy
pressure, press, urgency, squeezing, influence, compel, push, tease, thrust, full, drive, urge on and 99 more...
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classic695's Words
delighted, elated, energetic, excited, enthusiastic, elevated, happy, contented, fine, pleased, satisfied, compassionate and 168 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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Reflexive words
Words that describe themselves (at least as displayed below). Also called autological or homological words, as listed by dann and tthorley.
sereneness, undulate, fidgety, fijiti, narrow, this, splendacious, ugly, short, terse, sesquipedalian, spellable and 67 more...
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Artists
cage, atmosphere, grieves, passionate, joker, incubus, modest, mouse, bright, eyes, sadistic, necro and 41 more...
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My Blue Jeans
denim, blue, jeans, vintage, rigid, used, levi's, stonewash, low-rise, hip-huggers, flare, bell-bottoms and 15 more...
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OM3 Lesson 32
donuts, doughnuts, used, dozen, dozens, variety, carpool, gasoline, gas, gallon, million, a day and 38 more...
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TN9 Lesson 99
be in, urgent, tip, Guess what!, film, part, assistant, try out for, bargain, boat, boat show, latest and 5 more...
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June4thDF
liable, liability, subtle, impart, used, themes, thesis, rosy, downside, sanguine, inexorable
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June11BC
regarding, published, attorney, counsel, used to, used, affidavit, writ, motioni, plaintiff
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