used

A2
Pronunciation
/juːzd/
Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To utilize or employ.

2 Definition

To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)

Example Sentences
  • soldiers who are used to hardships and danger
3 Definition

(except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)

Example Sentences
  • I used to get things done.
4 Definition

To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.

Example Sentences
  • to use an animal cruelly
5 Definition

To behave, act, comport oneself.

Adjective
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

That is or has or have been used.

Example Sentences
  • The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
2 Definition

That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

Example Sentences
  • He bought a used car.
3 Definition

Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.

Example Sentences
  • I got used to this weather.