used

/juːzd/

verb

  1. 1

    To utilize or employ.

  2. 2

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

    soldiers who are used to hardships and danger
  3. 3

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

    I used to get things done.
  4. 4

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

    to use an animal cruelly
  5. 5

    To behave, act, comport oneself.

adjective

  1. 1

    That is or has or have been used.

    The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
  2. 2

    That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

    He bought a used car.
  3. 3

    Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.

    I got used to this weather.

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